North Scale is a Village in the county of Cumbria.

North Scale in Cumbria is located 1.8 km NW from Barrow-in-Furness.

North Scale postcode: LA14 3SF

Retail in North Scale

There are great places to visit near North Scale including some great hills, hiking areas, villages, ancient sites, ruins, old mines, waterfalls, rivers and streams, lakes, woodlands, towns, mountains, castles, historic buildings, historic monuments, caves, bluebell woods, nature reserves, disused railway lines, airports and islands.

Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks are great places to visit near North Scale if you like hills.

There are a several good hiking areas in the North Scale area like Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.

Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer are some of North Scale best villages to visit near North Scale.

The area around North Scale features a number of interesting ancient sites including Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle.

There are a number of ruins near North Scale including Bonsor East Mine Workings, Bonsor Dressing Floors, Penny Rigg Copper Mill, Appletree Worth, Stephenson Ground Limekiln (ruin), Water Yeat Limekiln (ruin), and Hebblethwaite Hall Gill.

Penny Rigg Quarry Adit, Three Kings Mine, Tilberthwaite Gill Head Waterfall Level, Horse Crag Quarry, Tilberthwaite Deep Level Adit, Cathedral Quarry, and Parrock Quarry are great places to visit near North Scale if you like old mines.

Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force are some of North Scale best waterfalls to visit near North Scale.

North Scale's best nearby rivers and streams can be found at River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere.

There are a number of lakes near North Scale including Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.

North Scale's best nearby woodlands can be found at Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.

North Scale has some unmissable towns nearby like Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.

Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell are some of North Scale best mountains to visit near North Scale.

There are a number of castles near North Scale including Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).

Acorn Bank, Acorn Bank Watermill, Church of St Peter Askham, St Michael’s Church at Lowther, Lowther Mausoleum, Askham Hall, and Smardale Gill Viaduct are some of North Scale best historic buildings to visit near North Scale.

The area around North Scale's best historic monuments can be found at Fairy Steps.

There are a number of caves near North Scale including Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.

The area around North Scale boasts some of the best bluebell woods including Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.

North Scale is near some unmissable nature reserves like Smardale Gill Nature Reserve,

The area close to North Scale boasts some of the best disused railway lines including Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

There are a number of airports near North Scale including Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.

The area close to North Scale boasts some of the best islands including Piel Island.

North Scale History

There are some historic monuments around North Scale:

• Stone circle and funerary cairn 440m south west of Great Knott, Lacra
• Furness Abbey Savignac and Cistercian monasteries: precinct wall, great gatehouse, 'chapel outside the gates', south west gateway and earthworks.
• Two stone circles, a stone avenue and a stone alignment at Great Knott, Lacra
• Bow Bridge medieval multi-span bridge
• Stone circle 410m SSW of Great Knott, Lacra
• Dalton Castle
• Hodbarrow Beacon
• Giant's Grave standing stones, Kirksanton
• Piel Castle