North Scale

North Scale

The Ferry Hotel, North Scale
North Scale
 North Scale shown within Cumbria
OS grid referenceSD180700
DistrictBarrow-in-Furness
Shire countyCumbria
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town BARROW-IN-FURNESS
Postcode district LA14
Dialling code 01229
Police Cumbria
Fire Cumbria
Ambulance North West
EU Parliament North West England
UK ParliamentBarrow and Furness
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Coordinates: 54°07′11″N 3°15′18″W / 54.11978°N 3.25502°W / 54.11978; -3.25502

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.

History

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]

Modern development

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]

References

External links

Media related to North Scale at Wikimedia Commons


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