Slaithwaite

Slaithwaite
St James's church through the viaduct
Slaithwaite Location within West Yorkshire
OS grid reference	SE079141
• London	164 mi (264 km) SE
Metropolitan borough	Kirklees
Metropolitan county	West Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HUDDERSFIELD
Postcode district	HD7
Dialling code	01484
Police	West Yorkshire
Fire	West Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Colne Valley
List of places UK England Yorkshire 53°37′23″N 1°52′48″W / 53.623°N 1.880°W / 53.623; -1.880

Slaithwaite (/ˈslæθ.weɪt/, locally 'Slaithwaite' /ˈslaʊ.ɪt/; Old Norse for "timber-fell thwaite/clearing")^[1] is a town and former civil parish in the Colne Valley area of the metropolitan borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it lies in the Colne Valley, lying across the River Colne and the Huddersfield Narrow Canal, approximately 5 miles (8 km) south-west of Huddersfield.