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North Scale Cumbria Map

Traditional county: Cumbria · Unitary authority: Westmorland and Furness · Region: North West

Explore North Scale, Cumbria with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the North Scale map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.

Interactive Map of North Scale, Cumbria

How to Use This North Scale, Cumbria Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for North Scale, Cumbria, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.

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Place	North Scale
Traditional County	Cumbria
Unitary Authority	Westmorland and Furness
Region	North West
Country	England, United Kingdom

Latitude	54.119770
Longitude	-3.255015
Place Type	Suburban Area

About North Scale

North Scale stretches across the low, wind-scoured spine of Walney Island, a place where the salt-crusted air tastes of limestone and shifting tides. The landscape holds the memory of heavy industry in its bones, though now it settles into a quiet, suburban rhythm dictated by the turning of the Irish Sea. To the north, the rounded slope of Lenny Hill catches the pale, bruised light of the Cumbrian afternoon, casting long shadows over the gardens that cling to the earth. Salt-marsh grasses shiver at the edge of Crook Scar, marking where the firm ground surrenders to the brackish, sucking mud of the wetlands. Iron-wrought figures of the Miners stand as silent sentinels nearby, their rusted limbs forever straining against the gales that sweep in from the bay. History here is written in the grit of the shipyards that once fed the hunger of the empire, a legacy that lingers in the sturdiness of the red-brick terraces. Locals move with a deliberate, seafaring gait, their lives shaped by the same relentless currents that carved out the craggy inlets of the coast. Everything about North Scale feels tethered to the water, a stubborn outpost where the horizon is always wider than the street.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lenny Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.4 mi, 012° NNE
Crook Scar (Wetland) — 0.5 mi, 127° SE
Miners (Public Artwork) — 0.5 mi, 110° ESE
Oak Head Scar (Wetland) — 0.6 mi, 142° SE
The Dock Museum (Museum) — 0.8 mi, 132° SE
Vickerstown Park (Park) — 0.9 mi, 159° SSE
Urban Park (Park) — 0.9 mi, 103° ESE
Walk Haw Champer (Beach) — 0.9 mi, 234° SW
Lower Ormsgill Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.0 mi, 065° ENE
James Ramsden Statue (Monument) — 1.0 mi, 112° ESE
Walney Beach (Beach) — 1.1 mi, 291° WNW
Barrow Municipal Cemetery (Historic Park or Garden) — 1.3 mi, 060° ENE · 23 ha
North Walney (National Nature Reserve) — 1.4 mi, 351° N · 646 ha
Water Garth Nook (Hill / Mountain) — 1.5 mi, 160° SSE
Barrow Park (Attraction) — 1.5 mi, 095° E
Cavendish Dock (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.3 mi, 117° ESE
Salthouse Pool (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.6 mi, 112° ESE
Red Gutter (River) — 2.6 mi, 011° NNE
Furness Abbey Savignac And Cistercian Monasteries: Precinct Wall, Great Gatehouse, 'Chapel Outside The Gates', South West Gateway And Earthworks. (Scheduled Monument) — 2.6 mi, 066° ENE · 29 ha
Furness Abbey Visitor Centre (Museum) — 2.6 mi, 062° ENE
Vale of Nightshade (Valley) — 2.8 mi, 059° ENE
Bow Bridge Medieval Multi-Span Bridge (Scheduled Monument) — 2.9 mi, 071° ENE
Sandscale Haws (National Nature Reserve) — 3.0 mi, 011° N · 262 ha
Goldmire Beck (River) — 3.2 mi, 046° NE
Dalton Castle (Scheduled Monument) — 3.7 mi, 049° NE
South Walney And Piel Channel Flats Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 3.9 mi, 145° SE · 23k acres
Elliscales Quarry Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 4.0 mi, 043° NE · 1 ha
Watch Tower (Castle) — 4.5 mi, 134° SE
Gleaston Watermill (Attraction) — 5.0 mi, 083° E
Piel Castle (Castle) — 5.1 mi, 140° SE

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