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Where is Scales?

Scales is located in the county of Cumbria, North West England, four miles south-east of the town of Cockermouth, 24 miles south-west of the major city of Carlisle, 92 miles south of Edinburgh, 217 miles north of Cardiff, and 252 miles north-west of London. Scales was historically in the county of Cumberland. Scales falls within the unitary authority of Cumberland. It is in the CA13 postcode district. The post town for Scales is Cockermouth.

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 Cumberland.

Ceremonial CountyCumbria
Historic CountyCumberland
Administrative CountyCumberland

Where is Scales in Cumbria?

Scales is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of Cumbria, and towards the westernmost extremity 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 CA13 9UA.

Where is Scales in CA13?

Scales is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the CA13 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the CA13 postcode district.

Map showing location of Scales within CA13
Location of Scales within CA13

What is the post town for Scales?

The post town for Scales is Cockermouth. Scales is in the CA13 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Cockermouth.

What is the latitude and longitude of Scales?

The centre of Scales is located at position 54.61743° latitude and -3.29205° longitude.

Latitude54.61743°
Longitude-3.29205°

What is the easting and northing of Scales?

The centre of Scales is located at the grid reference easting 316663 and northing 525465 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting316663
Northing525465

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.

south-east
4m
Scales is 4 miles south-east of Cockermouth
west
6m
Scales is 6 miles west of Keswick
south
10m
Scales is 10 miles south of Aspatria
east
10m
Scales is 10 miles east of Workington
south-east
11m
Scales is 11 miles south-east of Maryport
north-east
11m
Scales is 11 miles north-east of Cleator Moor
east
13m
Scales is 13 miles east of Whitehaven
north-east
13m
Scales is 13 miles north-east of Egremont
south
15m
Scales is 15 miles south of Wigton
south
18m
Scales is 18 miles south of Silloth

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-west
24m
Scales is 24 miles south-west of Carlisle
north-west
44m
Scales is 44 miles north-west of Lancaster
north
64m
Scales is 64 miles north of Preston
west
69m
Scales is 69 miles west of Durham
west
72m
Scales is 72 miles west of Newcastle upon Tyne
north-west
79m
Scales is 79 miles north-west of Ripon
west
79m
Scales is 79 miles west of Sunderland
north
85m
Scales is 85 miles north of Liverpool
north-west
85m
Scales is 85 miles north-west of Bradford
north-west
88m
Scales is 88 miles north-west of Salford