Scale Force

Scale Force is considered the highest waterfall in the English Lake District. Opinions vary about how its precise height is calculated, but the total height is normally stated as 170 feet.

Photo: Trevor Harris, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Starling Dodd and Mellbreak.

Starling Dodd

Peak

Photo: Stirzy, Public domain.

Starling Dodd is a fell in the western part of the English Lake District, located between the valleys of Ennerdale and Buttermere, on the ridge between Great Borne to its west and Red Pike to its east.

Mellbreak

Peak

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

Mellbreak is a hill in the Western part of the English Lake District. Despite being surrounded on all sides by higher fells, it stands in isolation. It is surrounded on three sides by a "moat" of deep marshy land, and on the east side by the lake of Crummock Water.

Red Pike

Peak

Photo: Espresso Addict, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Red Pike is a fell in the High Stile range in the western English Lake District, which separates Ennerdale from the valley of Buttermere and Crummock Water.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Buttermere and Gatesgarth.

Buttermere

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.

Buttermere is a village of 120 people in Cumbria that takes its name from Buttermere, a lake in the Lake District National Park.

Gatesgarth

Hamlet

Photo: Michael Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Gatesgarth is a settlement in Lake District of England. It is situated to the east of the lake of Buttermere, on the B5289 road on its western approach to the Honister Pass. Gatesgarth is situated 3 miles southeast of Scale Force.

Brackenthwaite

Hamlet

Photo: Ron Shirt, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Brackenthwaite is a hamlet in the parish of Buttermere, in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. It is situated some 6 miles south of Cockermouth. It lies within the Lake District National Park. Brackenthwaite is situated 3 miles north of Scale Force.

Scale Force

Type: Waterfall
Description: waterfall in Cumbria, England, UK
Category: body of water
Location: Loweswater, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.54181° or 54° 32′ 31″ north

Longitude

-3.31464° or 3° 18′ 53″ west

Open location code

9C6RGMRP+P4

OpenStreetMap ID

node 333588288

OpenStreetMap feature

waterway=waterfall

Wikidata ID

Q339843

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Scale Force” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Scale Force”
French: “Scale Force”
German: “Scale Force”
Norwegian Nynorsk: “Scale Force”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Scale Island and Holme Island.

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