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Where is Scales?

Scales is located in the county of Cumbria, North West England, three miles east of the town of Dalton-in-Furness, 22 miles north of the major town of Blackpool, 125 miles south of Edinburgh, 184 miles north of Cardiff, and 220 miles north-west of London. Scales was historically in the county of Lancashire. Scales falls within the unitary authority of Westmorland and Furness. It is in the LA12 postcode district. The post town for Scales is Ulverston.

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 Lancashire, and the administrative county of Westmorland and Furness.

Ceremonial CountyCumbria
Historic CountyLancashire
Administrative CountyWestmorland and Furness

Where is Scales in Cumbria?

Scales is situated towards the southernmost extremity 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 LA12 0PE.

Where is Scales in LA12?

Scales is situated towards the southernmost extremity of the LA12 postcode district, and towards the westernmost extremity of the LA12 postcode district.

Map showing location of Scales within LA12
Location of Scales within LA12

What is the post town for Scales?

The post town for Scales is Ulverston. Scales is in the LA12 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Ulverston.

What is the latitude and longitude of Scales?

The centre of Scales is located at position 54.14125° latitude and -3.11808° longitude.

Latitude54.14125°
Longitude-3.11808°

What is the easting and northing of Scales?

The centre of Scales is located at the grid reference easting 327056 and northing 472290 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting327056
Northing472290

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.

east
3m
Scales is 3 miles east of Dalton-in-Furness
south
4m
Scales is 4 miles south of Ulverston
north-east
5m
Scales is 5 miles north-east of Barrow-in-Furness
south-east
8m
Scales is 8 miles south-east of Millom
west
9m
Scales is 9 miles west of Grange-over-Sands
south
10m
Scales is 10 miles south of Broughton in Furness
north-west
11m
Scales is 11 miles north-west of Heysham
north-west
11m
Scales is 11 miles north-west of Morecambe
west
14m
Scales is 14 miles west of Carnforth
north
16m
Scales is 16 miles north of Fleetwood

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.

north-west
14m
Scales is 14 miles north-west of Lancaster
north-west
31m
Scales is 31 miles north-west of Preston
north
51m
Scales is 51 miles north of Liverpool
south
52m
Scales is 52 miles south of Carlisle
north-west
57m
Scales is 57 miles north-west of Salford
north-west
58m
Scales is 58 miles north-west of Manchester
north-west
61m
Scales is 61 miles north-west of Bradford
north
63m
Scales is 63 miles north of St Asaph
west
65m
Scales is 65 miles west of Ripon
north
66m
Scales is 66 miles north of Chester