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Slaithwaite
Slaithwaite
, locally
Slawit
(
Old Norse
: Timber-fell clearing), is a village within 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 southwest of
Huddersfield
.
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