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Pubs near Carlisle station

Carlisle Citadel station opens onto Court Square, at the top of Botchergate, so there is a drink within a couple of minutes whichever way you turn. These are the bars and pubs open to anyone within about 250 metres of the station, nearest first. Distances are in a straight line, so allow a little longer on foot.

• The Scott & Brassey

  City Centre· 30 m from the station

  One of the Guardian's ten best station pubs in the UK, in the old first-class waiting room on platform 4 of the Citadel station.

• Carlisle Station Hotel bar

  City Centre· 60 m from the station

  Bar in the Station Hotel on Court Square, right outside the platforms.

• The Griffin

  City Centre· 100 m from the station

  First pub you hit coming out of the Citadel station, on the right.

• The William Rufus

  City Centre· 120 m from the station

  The other Botchergate Wetherspoons, two minutes from the station.

• The Caledonian

  City Centre· 130 m from the station State pub

  Big old-fashioned boozer near the station, part of Amber Taverns.

• Bar Solo

  City Centre· 130 m from the station

  Small bar at the top of Botchergate opposite the Citadel.

• The Cumberland Inn

  City Centre· 130 m from the station State pub

  Botchergate local with a good draught range at low prices and live sport on.

• Deja Vu

  City Centre· 140 m from the station

  Sixties, seventies and eighties bar in Englishgate Plaza, registered as an Asset of Community Value.

• Thirty Two

  City Centre· 150 m from the station

  Late bar on Botchergate with two pool tables, a jukebox and cheap cocktail deals.

• County Hotel bar

  City Centre· 150 m from the station State pub

  The Portland Resident's Bar at the County Hotel, opposite the station, in the former Red Lion Hotel of 1894-96.

• The Unit

  City Centre· 150 m from the station

  Bar in Englishgate Plaza, under this name only since 2026 though the premises have been licensed since 2005.

• Footloose

  City Centre· 150 m from the station

  Seventies, eighties and nineties bar at 34 Botchergate, with a rodeo bull on some nights, at the old Bronx Sports Bar's address.

• Rouge

  City Centre· 160 m from the station

  Adult entertainment club in Englishgate Plaza, open Thursday to Saturday until half four in the morning.

• Bees Knees

  City Centre· 160 m from the station

  Bar on Botchergate in the former BrewDog, opened on 9 October 2026.

• Alien

  City Centre· 160 m from the station

  Nightclub in Englishgate Plaza, in the unit that was Truth until the council revoked its licence in 2024.

• The Border Rambler

  City Centre· 160 m from the station State pub

  Late one on Botchergate, loud and lively at weekends.

• Woodrow Wilson

  City Centre· 170 m from the station

  The Wetherspoons on Botchergate, named after the US president whose mother was born in Carlisle.

• House of Vodka

  City Centre· 170 m from the station

  Late bar and bistro at the top of Botchergate, describing itself as big beats and food and vodka.

• Arches

  City Centre· 180 m from the station

  Lap dancing club in the basement at 4A Botchergate, door next to House of Vodka.

• Ballers

  City Centre· 180 m from the station

  Sports bar with pool tables in Englishgate Plaza.

• Felson's Cocktail Lounge & Stick Hall

  City Centre· 190 m from the station

  Cocktail lounge and pool hall upstairs at the old Walkabout building.

• The Crescent Bar

  City Centre· 190 m from the station

  Small independent speakeasy-styled bar at 1 The Crescent, in a listed 1820s terrace facing the Citadel.

• Headquarters

  City Centre· 190 m from the station

  Big late bar on Botchergate, under Felson's.

• The Underground

  City Centre· 210 m from the station

  Nightclub in the old Concrete cellars under Lowther Street, open since 2021.

• Open Mind

  City Centre· 210 m from the station

  English Street bar, open till two most nights.

• The Andalusian

  City Centre· 220 m from the station State pub

  Redfern's most extravagant building, a Hispano-Moresque pub of 1932 in terracotta with a Moorish balcony, now a tapas bar and restaurant.

• The Arcade Morgan's Bar

  City Centre· 220 m from the station

  Bar in the Lowther Arcade with live music.

• Smiley's

  City Centre· 230 m from the station

  Late nightclub at the bottom of Botchergate, in the old Co-operative headquarters.

• The Botanic Room

  City Centre· 230 m from the station

  Small cocktail bar on the corner of Lowther Street and Warwick Road, with outside seating and a late licence.

• The Halston

  City Centre· 230 m from the station

  Cocktail bar in the Halston on Warwick Road.

• Bocata

  City Centre· 230 m from the station

  Lowther Street bar with live singers.

• Stanleys Bar & Cafe

  City Centre· 240 m from the station

  Bar and cafe doing cocktails, brunch and bottomless.

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