Tourist Information

Hello from Appleby Tourist Information Centre - highly commended in the 2010 North West Tourism Awards. Please see the information below, and also in the Around Appleby section or phone us on 017683 51177 (from abroad 00441768354206), email tic@applebytown.org.uk, or come and visit us in the Moot Hall, Boroughgate, in the middle of Appleby. You can also find helpful information on the websites of Eden District Council, Cumbria Tourism and Visit Cumbria.

Events & Hospitality

Whether you're coming for the day or staying for a holiday or break, you'll find a full range of places to eat and places to stay in Appleby and the surrounding area.

Listings map

Inspection explained: properties can be inspected by national bodies - AA or Visit Britain. These award ratings of between 1 and 5 stars to the same criteria - but the standards required vary between different types of accommodation - principally there are three categories, hotels, guest accommodation and self catering with various subsets within them (e.g. inn, bed and breakfast, country hotel etc.).
An alternative is local inspection which is signficantly cheaper to operators but assesses only to the standards required for a rating of 1 star - some properties will, however, offer quality far in excess of this. These inspections are carried out by Quality Cumbria. All properties advertised by British Tourist Boards are inspected.

If you wish to stay elsewhere in Cumbria you can find and book accommodation online on the websites for Visit Eden and the Cumbria Tourist Board.

Tourist Information Centre

Come and visit us in the Tourist Information Centre for postcards, Ordnance Survey Maps, walking and cycling leaflets and books, local interest books, accommodation brochures for UK destinations, ideas for trips to local attractions and Free Parking Discs. We also have tickets for local events and a wide selection of gifts and souvenirs for everybody.
If you wish you can check our Access Statement.

Opening Hours

Please note that the TIC will be closed the week between Christmas Day and New Years Day, and we operate limited hours on bank holidays.

Disc Parking in Appleby

To park on the street in the town centre you need to obtain a clock disc from the TIC or any shop, set it to show the time of your arrival, place it on the dashboard where it can easily be seen, and you then have either two or three hours of free parking depending on where you are parked - please check the signs. You can find out more about parking enforcement in the area from Eden District Council.
There is a pay and display Car Park at Broad Close: £1.20 for an hour, £2.80 for the day (at time of writing). Check rates here. Click here for a map of parking in the town centre.

How to get here

Appleby is well located for the road and rail networks. You can either use the A66 from Scotch Corner for North East England, Yorkshire and the East Midlands - this road passes Appleby and just follow the signs off it. Driving from Scotland you should reach the M6, joining the A66 at junction 36 (Penrith). People driving from North West England and the West Midlands can use the M6 to junction 38 (Tebay) where the B6260 will take you right into the town centre.

If you are visting the town using sat nav - the postcode for the centre is CA16 6XE.

You can also arrive by rail on the Settle-Carlisle line - Appleby has its own station - or on Virgin Trains to Penrith on the West Coast mainline where bus service 563 will take you to Appleby - these run every 2-3 hours Monday to Saturday 0830 to 2110 (2240 Friday and Saturday) but there is no Sunday service. You can download a timetable from Cumbria County Council.

If you have any other queries please don't hesitate to e-mail us - we will be delighted to help.

Have a lovely holiday!