27 places
Late bars in Carlisle
Where's still serving when everywhere else has called it. Mostly Botchergate and the clubs. Late licences change, so treat these as a guide.
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Alien
Nightclub in Englishgate Plaza, in the unit that was Truth until the council revoked its licence in 2024.
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Arches
Lap dancing club in the basement at 4A Botchergate, door next to House of Vodka.
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Ballers
Sports bar with pool tables in Englishgate Plaza.
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Bocata
Lowther Street bar with live singers.
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Box Arena
Eight-hundred-capacity events arena off Botchergate, licensed and running club nights, bare-knuckle boxing and touring shows since 2023.
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Club Britannia
Lowther Street pub with pool, a dartboard and a jukebox, in the old Carlisle Liberal Club.
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Deja Vu
Sixties, seventies and eighties bar in Englishgate Plaza, registered as an Asset of Community Value.
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Felson's Cocktail Lounge & Stick Hall
Cocktail lounge and pool hall upstairs at the old Walkabout building.
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Footloose
Seventies, eighties and nineties bar at 34 Botchergate, with a rodeo bull on some nights, at the old Bronx Sports Bar's address.
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Graham Arms Inn
Longtown's main inn, with rooms and a busy bar.
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Headquarters
Big late bar on Botchergate, under Felson's.
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House of Vodka
Late bar and bistro at the top of Botchergate, describing itself as big beats and food and vodka.
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Open Mind
English Street bar, open till two most nights.
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Q Zone
A snooker and pool hall on Currock Road with its own bar and darts too.
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Rouge
Adult entertainment club in Englishgate Plaza, open Thursday to Saturday until half four in the morning.
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Smiley's
Late nightclub at the bottom of Botchergate, in the old Co-operative headquarters.
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St Margaret Mary's Club
The parish club of St Margaret Mary's on Scalegate Road, now the parish community centre, with a licensed bar open to the public Thursday to Sunday and a function room for hire.
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The Arcade Morgan's Bar
Bar in the Lowther Arcade with live music.
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The Border Rambler
Late one on Botchergate, loud and lively at weekends.
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The Cumberland Inn
Botchergate local with a good draught range at low prices and live sport on.
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The Last Zebra
The old post office that became the Gretna Tavern, the state's first pub, in 1916.
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The Source
Grassroots music venue and bar in an old mill at Denton Holme.
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The Underground
Nightclub in the old Concrete cellars under Lowther Street, open since 2021.
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The Unit
Bar in Englishgate Plaza, under this name only since 2026 though the premises have been licensed since 2005.
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The William Rufus
The other Botchergate Wetherspoons, two minutes from the station.
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Thirty Two
Late bar on Botchergate with two pool tables, a jukebox and cheap cocktail deals.
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Upperby Social Club
Upperby's club on Lamb Street.