Welcome to One Pound Lane

600 years of history.

One Pound Lane is a mixed use heritage venue set within Canterbury’s former city gaol & police station, and England’s largest surviving medieval gateway.
At One Pound Lane you’ll find…

FAQs

  • Station Road West Multi-Storey car park is currently the cheapest nearby car park - just 4 minutes walk.

    Parking is available in Pound Lane Car Park, North Lane Car Park, or Millers Field Car Park. Register here on the Canterbury City Council website for ticketless parking, simply drive in and drive out!

    Canterbury West train station is just 5 minutes walk with services to the coast, Ashford & highspeed to London St Pancras International in just 56 minutes.

  • Bar & Restaurant
    Monday - Thursday 12pm - 1am
    Friday - Saturday 12pm - 2am
    Sunday 12pm - 1am
    [Food served until 9pm / 6pm Sunday]

    Museum & Viewpoint
    Sunday - Friday 12pm - 4pm
    (Closed Saturday)

    Escape Room
    Monday - Thursday 12:30pm - 8:30pm
    Friday - Sunday 10:30am - 8:30pm

  • One Pound Lane is home to a unique collection of heritage experiences including The Pound Bar & Restaurant, Westgate Towers Museum & Viewpoint and Escape In The Towers Escape Room Experiences.

    Access to many of these experiences is unfortunately restricted due to the nature of the heritage building with multiple flights of stairs and narrow doorways within the Scheduled Monument and Listed Building. The Pound Bar & Restaurant is fully accessible but unfortunately the other areas within the building are not. Please email us should you have any questions about accessibility.

  • Please note that we now only accept card payment.

    Our door supervisors operate to a strict admittance policy and we operate the Challenge 25 scheme, please ensure you have photo identification with you at all times to assure access to the building.

    There is no dress code at The Pound. Customers should wear what they feel comfortable in to enjoy their time with us in a relaxed and informal setting.

    Children of any age (accompanied by an adult) are welcome at One Pound Lane until the restaurant closes at 9.30pm at which time we kindly ask that all customers are 18 or over. Escape room players must be 10 or above and if 10-16 accompanied by an adult.

    Dogs are welcome on the riverside terrace but unfortunately not inside the building.

    We're committed to being good neighbours and helping to enhance the vibrant and historic St Dunstan’s and St Peter's area of the city. If you have any concerns, ideas or comments please email or phone us to discuss, we'd be delighted to hear from you.

Visit Us

Address
One Pound Lane, 1 Pound Lane, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 2BZ, England

What3Words Address
critic.porch.loaf

Phone
01227 808755

Awards & Recognition

  • Voted best bar in all of Kent by the public in the prestigious national awards by Muddy Stilettos!

  • Highly commended in the biannual Canterbury Society Design Awards for our Phase 2 refurbishment.

  • The NYT featured us in their article 36 Hours in Canterbury, celebrating our incarceration themed cocktail menu!

  • For two years running The Comms Room as been a finalist in the Top Escape Rooms Project Awards - taking its place amongst the top rooms in the world!