North Scale is a Village in the county of Cumbria.

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 some of North Scale best hills to visit near North Scale.

North Scale has some unmissable hiking areas nearby 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 great places to visit near North Scale if you like villages.

There are a several good ancient sites in the North Scale area like Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle.

The area around North Scale features a number of interesting ruins 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.

There are a number of waterfalls near North Scale including Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.

River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere are great places to visit near North Scale if you like rivers and streams.

Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater are great places to visit near North Scale if you like lakes.

Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood are some of North Scale best woodlands to visit near North Scale.

Towns to visit near North Scale include 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.

Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther) are great places to visit near North Scale if you like castles.

There are a several good historic buildings in the North Scale area like Acorn Bank, Acorn Bank Watermill, Church of St Peter Askham, St Michael’s Church at Lowther, Lowther Mausoleum, Askham Hall, and Smardale Gill Viaduct.

There are a number of historic monuments near to North Scale including 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.

Nature Reserves to visit near North Scale include Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

Don't miss Smardale Gill Nature Reserve's disused railway lines if visiting the area around North Scale.

Airports to visit near North Scale include Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.

The area around North Scale's best islands can be found at Piel Island.

North Scale History

There are some historic monuments around North Scale:

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