Tattoo shops in Carlisle
A tattoo is a permanent decision made in a room you'll spend hours in, so the studio matters as much as the artist. Carlisle, Cumbria, England has 1 tattoo shops mapped right now. There's just the one mapped studio in Carlisle right now, so the portfolio check matters more than ever.
This guide covers every tattoo shop we could verify in and around Carlisle (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. The one to know is Blackfriars. If a studio's missing from Carlisle's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet — the scene is bigger than any single dataset.
The Carlisle tattoo lineup
1 in Carlisle, plus 4 more around Carlisle below:
Blackfriars
Tattoo studio0.1 km from Carlisle
Blackfriars is Tattoo studio on 18-22 Devonshire Street, Carlisle. Blackfriars also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as "appointment only".
18-22 Devonshire Street, Carlisle, CA3 8LP
Hours: "appointment only"
What the map tells us about tattoo shops in Carlisle
1 of the 1 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — tattoo studios often work by appointment, so posted hours can be more of a guideline than a promise.
The one mapped tattoo shop sits on 18-22 Devonshire Street — worth combining with whatever else brings you to that side of town.
Tattoo tips for Carlisle
Picking a studio in Carlisle? A little homework pays off:
- Book a consultation first at Blackfriars. Most good shops offer free consults. You get to meet the artist, talk placement and price, and see how clean the place is.
- Don't pick the scabs. Healing tattoos itch and flake. Picking pulls ink out with the scab and leaves patchy spots.
- Check the sterilisation setup. Single-use needles, sealed ink caps, gloves changed constantly. A good studio is happy to show you; a bad one gets defensive.
- Trust the artist's placement advice. They've seen thousands of bodies. If they say the design won't age well there, listen.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Carlisle — that covers the town itself plus the surrounding communities you'd reasonably drive to. Listings come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by local volunteers, so a brand-new tattoo shop in Carlisle can take a while to appear. The 1 above are only as current as the community map. A tattoo shop that's shut, or a new one nobody's added yet, gets fixed with a single OpenStreetMap edit.
We don't rate studios or artists, and we never list prices — those are between you and the shop. What we list is the where and the how-to-find, from places real mappers have verified.
If you run one of the 1 listed here and something's wrong — a closure, a move, new hours — the fix is the same: update the shop on OpenStreetMap and the correction flows through to this page on the next daily refresh.
Worth the trip: more tattoo shops around Carlisle
4 more within about 40 km of Carlisle, nearest first:
Mr T's Tattoo Parlour
Tattoo studio27.9 km from Carlisle
Mr T's Tattoo Parlour is Tattoo studio on 23a Cornmarket, Penrith. Mr T's Tattoo Parlour also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
23a Cornmarket, Penrith, CA11 7HS
Phone: +44 17687 44370
Penrith Tattoos
Tattoo studio28.0 km from Carlisle
Penrith Tattoos is Tattoo studio on Gloucester Yard, Penrith. Penrith Tattoos also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Gloucester Yard, Penrith, CA11 7DU
Phone: +44 7999 792515
Fine Line Body Art
Tattoo studio29.3 km from Carlisle
Fine Line Body Art — Tattoo studio.
Work Of Art Tattoo Studio
Tattoo studio31.3 km from Carlisle
Work Of Art Tattoo Studio — Tattoo studio. Also worth knowing about Work Of Art Tattoo Studio: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Phone: +44 7456 955081
Tattoo shop listings for Carlisle: 1 in Carlisle and 4 more nearby mapped from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Photos from Wikimedia Commons contributors; individual photo credits appear in captions. Listing data was last refreshed automatically — verify hours before visiting.