The Slack is a Village in the county of County Durham.

Retail in The Slack

There are great places to visit near The Slack including some great waterfalls, towns, country parks and airports.

The area around The Slack's best waterfalls can be found at Summerhill Force.

There are a several good towns in the The Slack area like Stockton-on-Tees, and Middleton-in-Teesdale.

Hardwick Country Park is a great place to visit close to The Slack if you like country parks.

There are a several good airports in the area around The Slack like Teesside International Airport.

The Slack History

There are some historic monuments around The Slack:

• St Lawrence's Chapel, manorial settlement remains and dovecote
• Harperley Working Camp, World War II prisoner of war camp at Craigside
• Egglestone Abbey Premonstratensian monastery: inner precinct, monastic enclosures and post-medieval house
• Barforth Bridge
• Enclosures and industrial workings on Cockfield Fell
• Whorlton suspension bridge
• Barnard Castle: ringwork, shell keep castle, chapel and dovecote
• Carved rock, cist and cairnfield 580m west of Hindon Edge
• Penny Hill camp
• Thorsgill Beck packhorse bridge
• Bradley Hall fortified house and underground passages, moated site, pillow mound and fishponds
• 'The Castles' (camp)
• Remains of St Michael's Church, 50m north west of Dairy Bridge, Rokeby Park
• Carved rock 160m north west of Abbey Farm