Carlisle Attractions

Visitors to this year’s Fireshow in Carlisle will be treated to a 12-hour feast of entertainment. [more]

The 2009 Northwest Tourism Awards will be held at Blackpool Tower on September 28. [more]

Heritage Open Days allow visitors free access to properties that normally charge an entrance fee or are not usually open to the public. [more]

Carlisle’s city centre is set to host the ‘Carlisle Food Fair’ this August bank holiday. [more]

The winners of the Cumbria Tourism Awards were announced last week. [more]

Car parking fees will shortly be introduced at Talkin Tarn by Carlisle City Council.

Visitors parking their cars at the popular Brampton beauty spot between 10 am and 6 pm will have… [more]

A new gym is set to open in Carlisle this summer. The JJB Fitness club on Currock Road is currently under construction and is scheduled to open in June 2009.

The private club… [more]

Carlisle’s Christmas lights will be switched on this weekend by Britain’s Got Talent finalist Andrew Johnston.

The local schoolboy singer will flick the switch at 5.30 pm on Sunday November 16 with entertainment… [more]

The Enjoy England Awards for Excellence were held at St George’s Hall in Liverpool last night, the first time they taken place outside London. Winners from the North West were:

Gold Awards:

Tourism… [more]

Carlisle Cathedral has received an award to preserve its stain glassed windows, including a memorial window to a former Dean. The £62,000 grant, from English Heritage and the Wolfson Foundation, will go towards the… [more]