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Where is Scales?

Scales is located in the county of Cumbria, North West England, five miles north-east of the town of Keswick, 18 miles south of the major city of Carlisle, 92 miles south of Edinburgh, 218 miles north of Cardiff, and 247 miles north-west of London. Scales was historically in the county of Cumberland. Scales falls within the unitary authority of Westmorland and Furness. It is in the CA12 postcode district. The post town for Scales is Keswick.

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 CA12 4SY.

Where is Scales in CA12?

Scales is situated towards the northernmost extremity of the CA12 postcode district, and towards the easternmost extremity of the CA12 postcode district.

Map showing location of Scales within CA12
Location of Scales within CA12

What is the post town for Scales?

The post town for Scales is Keswick. Scales is in the CA12 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Keswick.

What is the latitude and longitude of Scales?

The centre of Scales is located at position 54.63277° latitude and -3.01979° longitude.

Latitude54.63277°
Longitude-3.01979°

What is the easting and northing of Scales?

The centre of Scales is located at the grid reference easting 334268 and northing 526883 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting334268
Northing526883

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
5m
Scales is 5 miles north-east of Keswick
west
11m
Scales is 11 miles west of Penrith
east
14m
Scales is 14 miles east of Cockermouth
north
14m
Scales is 14 miles north of Ambleside
south
14m
Scales is 14 miles south of Wigton
south-east
15m
Scales is 15 miles south-east of Aspatria
north
18m
Scales is 18 miles north of Windermere
north
19m
Scales is 19 miles north of Bowness-on-Windermere
east
20m
Scales is 20 miles east of Maryport
east
21m
Scales is 21 miles east of Workington

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
18m
Scales is 18 miles south of Carlisle
north
41m
Scales is 41 miles north of Lancaster
west
58m
Scales is 58 miles west of Durham
south-west
61m
Scales is 61 miles south-west of Newcastle upon Tyne
north
62m
Scales is 62 miles north of Preston
west
68m
Scales is 68 miles west of Sunderland
north-west
69m
Scales is 69 miles north-west of Ripon
north-west
78m
Scales is 78 miles north-west of Bradford
north-west
83m
Scales is 83 miles north-west of Leeds
north
85m
Scales is 85 miles north of Liverpool