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 Cumbria. It is also the name of the valley in which the village sits. 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″ northLongitude
-3.0191° or 3° 1′ 9″ westElevation
748 feet (228 metres)Open location code
9C6RJXMJ+69OpenStreetMap ID
node 29368683OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
13276226
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