Editing Slaithwaite (section)

==Commerce==
[[File:Silent Woman Pub, Slaithwaite, Huddersfield 01.jpg|thumb|Silent Woman public house]]
There are many independent shops, a post office, cafes in the centre of Slaithwaite. Shops include the community-owned cooperative the 'Green Valley Grocer', the workers' cooperative the 'Handmade Bakery,' and the Mystical Moments 'magic wand shop'.<ref>{{cite news |last=Ballinger |first=Lauren |date=17 August 2016 |title=JK Rowling's tweet takes a swipe at Slaithwaite magic wand shop |url=http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/jk-rowling-takes-swipe-slaithwaite-11758427 |newspaper=YorkshireLive}}</ref>

There are several traditional [[public house]]s in Slaithwaite, including the 'Silent Woman' which came to the attention of the world media on 23 September 2007, when Christopher Hawkins walked into the pub and ordered a pint of beer a few minutes after he had murdered his son and attacked his daughter with a knife.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/dad-held-boy-4-stabbed-5048721|title=Dad held as boy 4 stabbed to death|first=Andrew|last=Hirst|date=24 September 2007|website=YorkshireLive}}</ref>  The town is included as one of the stops in the Transpennine Real Ale Trail.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ales on rails: How to do Yorkshire's iconic Transpennine Real Ale Trail |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/lifestyle/food-and-drink/how-to-do-the-transpennine-real-ale-trail-3302516 |access-date=8 March 2022 |website=www.yorkshirepost.co.uk }}</ref>