Address
36 Abbey Street, Carlisle, CA3 8TX
Parking
If you are arriving by car there is on street parking which is free from 6:30pm – 8:30am (Mon-Sat) and free all day Sunday. Outside these times it is a disc parking zone which allows 1 free hour. The nearest and most cost effective car park is ‘Devonshire Walk’ car park located just next to the castle and is £2.50 a day. The ‘Town Dyke Orchard’ car park is just over the west walls however charges £10 per day. This link shows you both on a map: http://en.parkopedia.co.uk/parking/carlisle/
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Directions
Arriving by Train
- Head onto the main road and turn left to the City Centre.
- Go straight up English Street past all the main shops.
- Bear left at the Central statue onto Castle Street and walk past the cathedral.
- Turn left onto Paternoster Row.
- Paternoster Row curves right and becomes Abbey Street.
Arriving by Bus
- Head west on Lonsdale Street, towards the City Centre
- Turn left onto Lowther Street.
- Turn right onto Bank Street.
- Turn right onto English Street past all the main shops
- Bear left at the Central statue onto Castle Street and walk past the cathedral.
- Turn left onto Paternoster Row
- Paternoster Row curves right and becomes Abbey Street.
Arriving by Car
- Take Junction 43 off the M6.
- If coming from the South take the 1st exit/if coming from the North take the 3rd exit on the roundabout A69 Warwick Road and follow the road into Carlisle City Centre for roughly 2 miles.
- When you reach the traffic lights at Nandos follow the road left
- Get in the right hand lane and take a right through the old city walls
- Turn left onto Victoria Viaduct.
- Take second right onto W Walls.
- Follow the road all the way to the end and then W Walls bears right and becomes Annetwell Street
- Turn right onto Castle Street
- Take the first right onto Paternoster Row
- Paternoster Row turns right and becomes Abbey Street.