25 places

Real ale pubs in Carlisle

Carlisle pubs keeping cask. The city has a real brewing revival on. West Walls brew in the centre, and Carlisle Brewing and Great Corby beers turn up across town.

• Blacksmiths Arms

  Talkin

  Village inn at Talkin, open seven days.

• Carlisle South End Constitutional Club

  City Centre State pub

  Old-school working men's club off St Nicholas Street.

• Coco Mill

  City Centre

  Bar and kitchen on Lowther Street styling itself a brewhouse, open all day every day.

• Crown & Thistle

  Stanwix State pub

  Down-to-earth Stanwix local, open all day every day.

• Gallaghers

  City Centre State pub

  Traditional pub at the St Nicholas Street end of town, formerly the Golden Lion.

• Greyhound Inn

  Burgh by Sands State pub

  Village pub on the Solway road out towards Bowness.

• Lowther Arms Inn

  Cumwhinton State pub

  Family-run free house at Cumwhinton, the last of three pubs the village once had.

• Plough Inn

  Wreay State pub

  Village pub at Wreay just off junction 42, with rooms and a big garden.

• Redfern Inn

  Etterby State pub

  Community local on Kingmoor Road, full of darts and pool teams.

• The Black Lion

  Hethersgill State pub

  Country pub at Hethersgill with a log burner, pool table and two dartboards.

• The Drovers Rest (closed for now)

  Monkhill State pub

  Country pub at Monkhill, four miles north of the city, with a serious kitchen and a reputation well beyond the village.

• The Duke Of Cumberland

  Castle Carrock State pub

  Country pub at Castle Carrock with a pub dog, a good ale range and a big reputation for food.

• The Highland Laddie

  Glasson State pub

  Family-run village pub at Glasson on the Solway, reopened in 2025 after six years shut.

• The Horse and Farrier

  Morton State pub

  Refurbished and reopened on Wigton Road, on the west side of the city.

• The Kings Head

  City Centre State pub

  A proper real ale pub on Fisher Street with a rotating range of cask beers at a spread of strengths.

• The Milbourne Arms

  Denton Holme State pub

  Proper local on Milbourne Street with cask ale and home-cooked food.

• The Nags Head Hotel

  Brampton

  Pub on Brampton's market place with a pool table, darts and a big beer garden.

• The Queen Inn

  Great Corby State pub

  Handsome old inn on the green at Great Corby, open seven days with food from noon.

• The Royal Oak

  Moorhouse State pub

  Small village pub at Moorhouse with well-kept beer at village prices.

• The Scott & Brassey

  City Centre

  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.

• The Spinners Arms

  Cummersdale State pub

  Village local at Cummersdale serving hand-pulled Carlisle Brewing Company ales.

• The Sportsman Inn

  City Centre State pub

  Tucked down Heads Lane behind the Marks & Spencer, and easy to walk past.

• The Stag Inn

  Crosby-on-Eden State pub

  Low Crosby's pub, and one of the best kitchens near the city.

• The Stone Inn

  Hayton

  Small village pub at Hayton, a Thwaites house, which isn't a common sight round Carlisle.

• Wheatsheaf Inn

  Wetheral State pub

  Wetheral's village pub.

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