Slough (disambiguation) explained

Slough is a town in Berkshire, England.

Slough or sluff (alternate spelling) may also refer to:

People

• Alan Slough (1947–2021), English footballer
• John P. Slough (1829–1867), American politician and general

Places

• Borough of Slough, a unitary district of Berkshire, England
• Slough railway station, Berkshire, England
• Slough (UK Parliament constituency), House of Commons constituency for the Borough of Slough
• Slough Stadium, Berkshire, England
• Slough, Powys, a location in Wales

Games and sports

• Slough, a term in water polo
• Slough/sluff, a term in the card game Spades (card game)
• Slough, a term in card game Ruff

Other uses

• Slough (hydrology), a wetland, often a backwater to a larger body of water
• "Slough" (poem), a 1937 poem by Sir John Betjeman
• Slough, the result of sloughing, shedding or casting off dead tissue
• Sluff, a nickname of the 166th Air Refueling Squadron
• Sluff, a minor avalanche, sometimes triggered in snow sports such as skiing or snowboarding
• SLUFF, a 2018 album by U.S. rock band Naked Giants

See also

• Sloughi, a breed of dog
• Slew (disambiguation)
• Sloughing (disambiguation)