Guidebook for Carlisle

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Guidebook for Carlisle

Food Scene

recommended places I go to eat so, tried and tested....
Good Italian meals at lunch or diner times.
Casa Romana
44 Warwick Rd
Good Italian meals at lunch or diner times.
Pub! where they serve a large variety of real ales (and burgers). Meals orders taken till about 8 pm.
8 locals recommend
The Drovers Rest
8 locals recommend
Pub! where they serve a large variety of real ales (and burgers). Meals orders taken till about 8 pm.
Quirky Place !
7 locals recommend
Foxes Café Lounge
18 Abbey St
7 locals recommend
Quirky Place !
Take away! For fish and chips- its got to be Fontanas.
Fontanas
95 London Rd
Take away! For fish and chips- its got to be Fontanas.
Meeting point for the community. Suspended coffee can be purchased. That means a cup of coffee can be bought in advance for someone else who needs it. Great idea I think!
Cornerstone
62-66 Denton St
Meeting point for the community. Suspended coffee can be purchased. That means a cup of coffee can be bought in advance for someone else who needs it. Great idea I think!
@ the Market Hall. Authentic Greek take away from "Gyropolis".
Market Street
Market Street
@ the Market Hall. Authentic Greek take away from "Gyropolis".
Our nearest local pub in Burgh by Sands only serves drinks at the moment (no food!) It has an outside space to sit and let the world go by.
7 locals recommend
Greyhound Inn
7 locals recommend
Our nearest local pub in Burgh by Sands only serves drinks at the moment (no food!) It has an outside space to sit and let the world go by.

Drinks & Nightlife

Concert venue, independent and cool-yep!
The Brickyard
14 Fisher St
Concert venue, independent and cool-yep!
Concerts, stand ups, poetry and more!
9 locals recommend
Old Fire Station
Peter Street
9 locals recommend
Concerts, stand ups, poetry and more!

Sightseeing

English Heritage site, currently open Saturdays and Sundays.
71 locals recommend
Carlisle Castle
Castle Way
71 locals recommend
English Heritage site, currently open Saturdays and Sundays.
34 locals recommend
Carlisle Cathedral
7 Abbey St
34 locals recommend
Hiking! along the Roman wall path from Newcastle to Bowness on Solway/or the other way round. History, sport and challenge combined.
Hadrian's Wall Path
Hadrian's Wall Path
Hiking! along the Roman wall path from Newcastle to Bowness on Solway/or the other way round. History, sport and challenge combined.

Parks & Nature

11 locals recommend
Bitts Park Car Park
11 locals recommend
Facilities: car parking by the B 5307 road, picnic area. Trails leading through woodland, heathland and rough pasture.
Finglandrigg Woods National Nature Reserve
Facilities: car parking by the B 5307 road, picnic area. Trails leading through woodland, heathland and rough pasture.
Walk on the marsh for bird watching and the ever changing sky.
Boustead Hill
Walk on the marsh for bird watching and the ever changing sky.

Arts & Culture

47 locals recommend
Tullie House Museum And Art Gallery
Castle Street
47 locals recommend
36 locals recommend
Lanercost Priory
36 locals recommend

Shopping

All about books, green products or drink. They have nice items to buy for yourself or as presents to loved ones.
Whiskey! (smooth/smoky/or peaty single malts) for yourself or a loved one...
House of Malt
48 Warwick Rd
Whiskey! (smooth/smoky/or peaty single malts) for yourself or a loved one...

Essentials

and it all comes out in a wash at.....
launderette by Yvanka :)
Polyclean Centre Laundrette
Port Road
launderette by Yvanka :)
Supermarket, petrol station, cash machine
7 locals recommend
Morrisons
7 locals recommend
Supermarket, petrol station, cash machine
Supermarket, petrol station, cash machine
6 locals recommend
Sainsbury's
Church Street
6 locals recommend
Supermarket, petrol station, cash machine
... nearest post office open on Monday and Thursday from 9 am to 5.30 pm.
Post Office station
... nearest post office open on Monday and Thursday from 9 am to 5.30 pm.