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Home > Patients and visitors > Getting to Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle

Getting to Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle

Patient Transport Service

The Patient Transport Service to our hospitals is co-ordinated by North West Ambulance Service. If you are on a low income you may be eligible for help with travel costs.

By Bus:

Buses run frequently to the Cumberland Infirmary from the centre of Carlisle and the surrounding area:

Stagecoach Bus Services No. 60, 67 and 68 run every 5-10 minutes but it is recommended that you contact the local service provider to check on timetables as they are subject to change.  Stagecoach Ltd can be contacted on 0871 200 22 33. (Calls cost 10p per minute from a BT landline, calls from other service providers and calls from mobiles may vary). You can also download timetables from their website.

Reays Coaches provides three bus services to the Cumberland Infirmary - Cityhopper 63 (Infirmary Circular); Cityhopper 64  (Morton Park-Asda); and Cityhopper 64H (also Morton Park-Asda but covering different routes). Contact number for Reays Coaches is 016973 49999 or details are available on their website.

By Car:

If you are using satellite navigation the postcode for the Cumberland Infirmary is CA2 7HY.

From M6:

Exit M6 at Junction 43 and continue past Tesco on right and Rosehill Industrial Estate on left. Continue forward and at the traffic lights turn right onto Victoria Place. Follow road passing Carlisle College on right. At traffic lights turn right onto Georgian Way (keep left). At roundabout (Hardwicke Circus) take the first left onto Castle Way (A595).

Continue along Castle Way, onto Bridge Street moving into the right hand lane. Straight ahead at traffic signals, at the roundabout take the second exit onto Caldcotes, (signposted B5307 - Kirkbride) and continue past Port Road Industrial Estate. Entrance to the Cumberland Infirmary is second right at the traffic signals.


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Parking (Pay and Display):

  • up to 1.5 hours - £1
  • 1.5 to 3 hours - £2
  • 3 to 4.5 hours - £3
  • Over 4.5 hours - £5

No charge for registered disabled badge holders

Discount schemes:

  • One week permit - £7.50
  • One month permit - £15

For more information contact the Interserve Helpdesk (01228 523444).