Guidebook for Carlisle and Boustead Hill

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Guidebook for Carlisle and Boustead Hill

Food Scene

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".

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 on Saturdays and Sundays.
71 locals recommend
Carlisle Castle
Castle Way
71 locals recommend
English Heritage site, currently open on Saturdays and Sundays.
34 locals recommend
Carlisle Cathedral
7 Abbey St
34 locals recommend

Essentials

laundrette
Polyclean Centre Laundrette
Port Road
laundrette
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.

Shopping

The health shop in the market.
Wholesome
12 Crosby St
The health shop in the market.
mainly second hand but also new books
Bookcase
17-19 Castle St
mainly second hand but also new books
Whiskey! (smooth/smokey/ or peaty single malts) for yourself or a loved one...
House of Malt
48 Warwick Rd
Whiskey! (smooth/smokey/ or peaty single malts) for yourself or a loved one...

Getting Around

rent a car, call a cab or hop on a bus....
6 locals recommend
Enterprise Rent-A-Car - Carlisle
6 locals recommend
Taxi tel. no. 01228 808777 - very friendly service. They take card payments: visa, master card, american express.
AAA Taxis Carlisle
James Street
Taxi tel. no. 01228 808777 - very friendly service. They take card payments: visa, master card, american express.
bus no 93 / 93 A to Boustead Hill. NOT very frequent. Day raider plus = return ticket that can be used also in Carlisle, costs around £7 plus. (:
7 locals recommend
Stagecoach at Carlisle Bus Station
Lonsdale Street
7 locals recommend
bus no 93 / 93 A to Boustead Hill. NOT very frequent. Day raider plus = return ticket that can be used also in Carlisle, costs around £7 plus. (:

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.