North Scale
North Scale is a village and one of only four settlements on the Isle of Walney, Cumbria, England. It is the northernmost settlement, lying a mile north of Vickerstown.Places of Interest
Highlights include Barrow/Walney Island Airport and Dock Museum.
Barrow/Walney Island Airport
Aerodrome
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Walney Aerodrome is located on Walney Island, 1.5 NM northwest of the centre of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. The airport is owned by BAE Systems, who operate private communication flights to locations across the United Kingdom and expanded the airport with new infrastructure and terminal buildings in 2019.
Dock Museum
Museum
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The Dock Museum is situated in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. Most of its exhibits concern the history of the town, focusing on the shipbuilding industry at VSEL, the steelworks industry — of which Barrow once had the world's largest, the Furness Railway and the World War II bombings of the town.
Barrow-in-Furness railway station
Railway station
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Barrow-in-Furness is a railway station on the Cumbrian Coast Line and Furness Line, 85+1⁄2 miles south-west of Carlisle and 34+3⁄4 miles north-west of Lancaster, in the town of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Barrow-in-Furness and Vickerstown.
Barrow-in-Furness
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Barrow-in-Furness is an industrial town and seaport in Cumbria, at the tip of the Furness peninsula. Many visitors come to Barrow for the Dock Museum, which tells the history of steelworks, the shipyard and the Barrow Blitz.
Vickerstown
Suburb
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Vickerstown is an area of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England, covered by the wards of Walney North and Walney South. It is an example of a model village built for workers by a company needing to expand, having been constructed in the early 20th century by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering.
Salthouse
Suburb
Salthouse is an area of Barrow-in-Furness, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England. Centred on Salthouse Road to the east of the town centre it was historically a ward in its own right however has since been subsumed into the wards of Risedale and Central Barrow. Salthouse is situated 2 miles east of North Scale.
North Scale
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Cumbria, England, UK
- Category: locality
- Location: Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.1203° or 54° 7′ 13″ northLongitude
-3.25263° or 3° 15′ 10″ westElevation
56 feet (17 metres)Open location code
9C6R4PCW+4WOpenStreetMap ID
node 6060837146OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“North Scale” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “North Scale”
- French: “North Scale”
- Irish: “North Scale”
- Polish: “North Scale”
- Welsh: “North Scale”
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Highlights include North Scale Crown Green Bowls Club and Urban Extreme Skate Park.
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