Slaithwaite 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.
St James's church through the viaduct
The parish church of St James and the Shoulder of Mutton inn
Slaithwaite Town Hall in Lewisham Road
Silent Woman public house
Kirklees is a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England. The borough comprises the ten towns of Batley, Birstall, Cleckheaton, Dewsbury, Heckmondwike, Holmfirth, Huddersfield, Meltham, Mirfield and Slaithwaite. It is governed by Kirklees Council. Kirklees had a population of 422,500 in 2011; it is the third-largest metropolitan district in England by area, behind Doncaster and Leeds.
Image: Huddersfield (16037400213)
Image: Dewsbury Minster in 2021
Image: Cleckheaton Town Hall geograph.org.uk 2936199
Image: Central Holmfirth geograph.org.uk 3229940