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North Scale
North Scale shown within Cumbria |
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| OS grid reference | SD180700 |
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| Shire county | Cumbria |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Cumbria |
| Fire | Cumbria |
| Ambulance | North West |
| EU Parliament | North West England |
| List of places: UK • England • Cumbria | |
North Scale is a village and one of only four settlements on the Isle of Walney. It is the northernmost settlement, lying a mile north of Vickerstown.
North Scale was first identified as an agricultural settlement, owned by Furness Abbey, in 1247.[1]
As a royalist stronghold in the English Civil War it was briefly sieged by Parliamentarians.
In 1865, the Crown Inn opened in North Scale. [2]
Before the Jubilee Bridge to Walney Island opened in 1908, people crossing on foot at low tide would arrive near North Scale. A causeway was built to make crossing possible for longer periods. [3]
The village grew with the development of the Red Ley estate in the 1960s and the Barnes estate in the 1970s. [4]
North Scale has a community centre, and is linked by bus services to the rest of Walney Island, and to Barrow-in-Furness, via the Jubilee Bridge.
The village is home to the Lakes Gliding Club. [5]
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