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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.

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North Scale
North Scale Location in Barrow-in-Furness Borough Show map of the Borough of Barrow-in-Furness North Scale Location within Cumbria Show map of Cumbria
OS grid reference	SD180700
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
UK Parliament	Barrow and Furness
List of places UK England Cumbria 54.11978°N 3.25502°W / 54.11978; -3.25502

History

North Scale was first identified as an agricultural settlement, owned by Furness Abbey, in 1247.[1]

As a Parliamentarian stronghold in the English Civil War it was briefly sieged by Royalists.[2]

In 1865, the Crown Inn opened in North Scale.[3]

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.[4]

Modern development

The village grew with the development of the Red Ley estate in the 1960s and the Barnes estate in the 1970s.[5]

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.[6]

In popular culture

North Scale is mentioned alongside Biggar in the folk song 'Wa'ney Island Cockfight' as the origin of one of the groups of cockfighters.[7][8] The song has been recorded by Fiddler's Dram and Martin Wyndham-Reed.

References

External links

Media related to North Scale at Wikimedia Commons

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