City Centre, Carlisle
The Arcade Morgan's Bar
Bar in the Lowther Arcade with live music. Open Thursday to Sunday, late.
- Today
- See opening hours
- Address
- 5-6 Lowther Arcade, Carlisle CA3 8EX
- Phone
- 07775 338723
Also known as Molly's Speakeasy, Circle Café Bar
History
Opened December 2021
- Opened
- December 2021
- Arcade built
- 1904
- Before this
- Molly's Speakeasy, 2016-2019
The Lowther Arcade dates from 1904 and keeps its stone frontage and covered walk between Lowther Street and English Street. Its units have held bars for more than twenty years: Circle Café Bar from 2002, then Molly's Speakeasy from May 2016 to April 2019, and Morgan's since December 2021.
Morgan's kept the speakeasy idea and spread it over two floors, done out with period prints and easy-listening music on the theory that people might want to hear each other. It is cocktails, spirits and wine rather than cask.
What sets it apart is the audience. The owner has been livestreaming from behind the bar on TikTok, and by early 2026 some Friday and Saturday nights were drawing up to five thousand people watching at once, from the States, Canada, France and the Canaries, into a room that holds about sixty. There is no other pub in Carlisle with an international audience watching it live.
Widely repeated locally, but we haven't found a source for it yet. Know one?
- Cocktails
- Open late
- Live music
Opening hours
| Mon | Closed |
| Tue | Closed |
| Wed | Closed |
| Thu | 14:00–02:00 |
| Fri | 14:00–02:00 |
| Sat | 14:00–02:00 |
| Sun | 14:00–02:00 |
Hours last checked August 2026, about 2 months ago.
Hours are kept by hand and change without warning. Ring ahead if it matters.
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Nearest to here
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20 maway
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30 maway
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40 maway
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40 maway
100 lost pubs stood within 400 m of here. See what used to be around it
Sources
Open question
A date we can't pin down
Is it 2 or 5-6 Lowther Arcade? CAMRA say one, the council register and the company say the other.
If you know the answer, or where it might be found (an old photograph, a family story, a document), tell us and it goes into the history above.