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Where is Scales?

Scales is located in the county of Cumbria, North West England, nine miles north-east of the town of Penrith, 13 miles south-east of the major city of Carlisle, 84 miles south of Edinburgh, 229 miles north of Cardiff, and 249 miles north-west of London. Scales lies five miles south-west of the Northumberland border, and was historically in the county of Cumberland. Scales falls within the unitary authority of Westmorland and Furness. It is in the CA10 postcode district. The post town for Scales is Penrith.

Scales on a map

Map showing extent of Scales as bounding box
Bounding box showing extent of Scales
Map showing location of Scales within the UK
Location of Scales within the UK

Which county is Scales in?

Scales is in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, the historic county of Cumberland, and the administrative county of Westmorland and Furness.

Ceremonial CountyCumbria
Historic CountyCumberland
Administrative CountyWestmorland and Furness

Where is Scales in Cumbria?

Scales is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of Cumbria, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of Cumbria.

Map showing location of Scales within Cumbria
Location of Scales within Cumbria

What is the postcode for Scales?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Scales is CA10 1JE.

Where is Scales in CA10?

Scales is situated towards the northernmost extremity of the CA10 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the CA10 postcode district.

Map showing location of Scales within CA10
Location of Scales within CA10

What is the post town for Scales?

The post town for Scales is Penrith. Scales is in the CA10 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Penrith.

What is the latitude and longitude of Scales?

The centre of Scales is located at position 54.77966° latitude and -2.66721° longitude.

Latitude54.77966°
Longitude-2.66721°

What is the easting and northing of Scales?

The centre of Scales is located at the grid reference easting 357183 and northing 542954 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting357183
Northing542954

What are the nearest towns to Scales?

Position of Scales relative to nearby towns. Distance is measured from the centre of Scales to the centre of the town.

north-east
9m
Scales is 9 miles north-east of Penrith
west
9m
Scales is 9 miles west of Alston
south
12m
Scales is 12 miles south of Brampton
north-west
16m
Scales is 16 miles north-west of Appleby-in-Westmorland
south-west
16m
Scales is 16 miles south-west of Haltwhistle
south-east
20m
Scales is 20 miles south-east of Longtown
east
20m
Scales is 20 miles east of Wigton
north-east
23m
Scales is 23 miles north-east of Keswick
north-west
25m
Scales is 25 miles north-west of Kirkby Stephen
south-west
26m
Scales is 26 miles south-west of Hexham

What are the nearest cities to Scales?

Position of Scales relative to nearby cities. Distance is measured from the centre of Scales to the centre of the city.

south-east
13m
Scales is 13 miles south-east of Carlisle
west
43m
Scales is 43 miles west of Durham
west
44m
Scales is 44 miles west of Newcastle upon Tyne
north
51m
Scales is 51 miles north of Lancaster
west
52m
Scales is 52 miles west of Sunderland
north-west
64m
Scales is 64 miles north-west of Ripon
north
70m
Scales is 70 miles north of Preston
north-west
78m
Scales is 78 miles north-west of Bradford
north-west
81m
Scales is 81 miles north-west of Leeds
south
84m
Scales is 84 miles south of Edinburgh