Welcome to Carlisle!
With a bustling city centre - including a wide range of high street chains and independent shops - to open surroundings and beautiful parks, Carlisle is a modern but spacious location to live and study. We're not known as The Great Border City for nothing!
You may already live locally. As you develop your study interests and meet different and like-minded creatives, you'll begin to appreciate Carlisle in a new light.
Travel links in the city are good, with plenty of bus services, taxi ranks and cycle lanes (bicycles are also available for hire). Carlisle is uniquely positioned on the west coast mainline, so train for a day out to the Lake District or Glasgow.
There are great opportunities to put your study into practice. In May 2011, BBC Radio One brought an array of pop-music chart sensations to the One Big Weekend festival. Our students interviewed and massaged DJs, in addition to volunteering with community project schemes.
The work of a thriving arts community, comprising of musicians, poets and artists can be discovered through the city's many galleries and café open-mic nights.
The best way to discover the city is to visit it for yourself! Come along to one of our open days and make a day of it.
We look forward to welcoming you!