Scales

Scales is a village in Threlkeld, Westmorland and Furness, England. Scales is situated nearby to the locality Stoneraise, as well as near Scogarth.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Blencathra and Mosedale Viaduct.

Blencathra

Peak

Blencathra, also known as Saddleback, is one of the most northerly of the Cumbrian Mountains, in the English Lake District. It has six separate fell tops, of which the highest is the Hallsfell Top at 2,848 feet.

Mosedale Viaduct

Bridge

Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Mosedale Viaduct carried the Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway over Mosedale Beck until its closure in 1972. Building work on the viaduct began in 1862, and the first test train crossed it in 1864.

Bannerdale Crags

Peak

Photo: Bobble Hat, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bannerdale Crags is a fell in the English Lake District. It stands between Blencathra and Bowscale Fell in the Northern Fells.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hutton Moor End and Threlkeld.

Hutton Moor End

Locality

Hutton Moor End is a hamlet on the Hutton Moor Road in the north east of the Lake District in Cumbria, England. It lies within the civil parish of Mungrisdale and is known locally as 'Moor End' as it is at the end of the Hutton Moor on an old route-way between Penrith to Keswick.

Threlkeld

Village

Photo: Ian Capper, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Threlkeld is a village and civil parish in the north of the Lake District in Cumbria, England, to the east of Keswick. It is in the historic county of Cumberland. Threlkeld is situated 1½ miles southwest of Scales.

Mungrisdale

Village

Photo: Karl and Ali, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Mungrisdale is a small village and civil parish in the north east of the English Lake District in the historic county of Cumberland but now in the ceremonial county of Cumbria. Mungrisdale is situated 2½ miles northeast of Scales.

Scales

Type: Village
Category: locality
Location: Threlkeld, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.63305° or 54° 37′ 59″ north

Longitude

-3.0191° or 3° 1′ 9″ west

Elevation

748 feet (228 metres)

Open location code

9C6RJXMJ+69

OpenStreetMap ID

node 29368683

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

13276226

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