Scales
Scales is a small village in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. The town of Ulverston is around 3.5 miles south of the village. The name Scales comes from the Old Norse skali, with an Old English plural *Scalas, meaning huts.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: village in South Lakeland, Cumbria, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Scales, Aldingham” and “Scales, Cumbria”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gleaston Castle and St Mary and St Michael’s Church, Great Urswick.
Gleaston Castle
Castle
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Gleaston Castle is a medieval building in a valley about 1 kilometre north-east of the village of Gleaston. The village lies between the towns of Ulverston and Barrow-in-Furness in the Furness peninsula, Cumbria, England.
St Mary and St Michael’s Church, Great Urswick
Church
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary and St Michael's Church is in the village of Great Urswick, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Furness, the archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness, and the diocese of Carlisle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Baycliff and Gleaston.
Baycliff
Village
Photo: Chris Upson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Baycliff is a seaside village in the Westmorland and Furness unitary authority area of Cumbria in England. Historically in Lancashire, it lies 3 miles south of Ulverston, in the civil parish of Aldingham.
Gleaston
Village
Photo: Jim Woodward-Nutt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gleaston is a village with a population of around 400 in the Furness area of South Cumbria, situated between the towns of Barrow-in-Furness, Dalton-in-Furness and Ulverston.
Stainton with Adgarley
Village
Photo: Rude Health, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stainton with Adgarley is a small village in Cumbria, England. It is situated about 5 miles from Dalton-in-Furness. It is a small farming community and is served by the Urswick Bardsea and Stainton Parish Council. Stainton with Adgarley is situated 1½ miles west of Scales.
Scales
- Category: locality
- Location: Aldingham, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.14141° or 54° 8′ 29″ northLongitude
-3.11715° or 3° 7′ 2″ westElevation
197 feet (60 metres)Open location code
9C6R4VRM+H4OpenStreetMap ID
node 29672585OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Scales” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Scales, South Lakeland”
- French: “Scales”
- Irish: “Scales”
- Polish: “Scales (South Lakeland)”
- Polish: “Scales”
- Welsh: “Scales, De Lakeland”
- Welsh: “Scales”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Little Urswick and Aldingham.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Aldingham Parish Hall and Baycliff Quarry.
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