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.

Don't miss Stockton-on-Tees, and Middleton-in-Teesdale's towns if visiting the area around The Slack.

Country Parks to visit near The Slack include Hardwick Country Park.

Airports to visit near The Slack include Teesside International Airport.

The Slack History

There are some historic monuments around The Slack:

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