North Scale
| North Scale | |
 The Ferry Hotel, North Scale |
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  North Scale |
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| OS grid reference | SD180700 |
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| District | Barrow-in-Furness |
| Shire county | Cumbria |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United 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 Parliament | Barrow and Furness |
Coordinates: 54°07′11″N 3°15′18″W / 54.11978°N 3.25502°W
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