Felons Coffeehouse & Wine Bar
Felons our new Coffeehouse & Kentish Wine Bar is now open opposite The Pound!
Felons is a beautiful new space to relax and enjoy coffee, tea, pastries, cakes and Kentish wine, beer and spirits - with spectacular views of the new Westgate Square - one of the city’s best people watching spots!
Celebrating the Wine Garden of England
We’re proud to serve only wines from Kent - The Wine Garden of England, a magical place where stunning Kent countryside, award-winning wines and warm hospitality await. To find out more about the Wine Garden of England and its wineries please click below.
Redemption Roasters
We serve Redemption Roasters who are on a mission to reduce reoffending through coffee. They train prison leavers with the skills they need to gain secure and meaningful employment. Not only does it align with our unique heritage setting of the old city jail, it’s one of London’s best rated coffees! Find out more about their mission below.
Westgate One
You can find us opposite The Pound in the new Westgate One development, a brand-new student development right in the heart of Canterbury’s city centre. With over 100 stylish studios in amongst a quiet landscaped courtyard setting, you can enjoy an opulent and contemporary student living experience.
Canterbury is world-renowned as a place of hospitality.
Inspiring our name, The Three Felons’ Farewell is a short piece written in 1726 by three inmates of the neighbouring Westgate Gaol. It is not known what crime they had committed, but they had been condemned to be hanged and were only reprieved because King George I happened to visit the city that week and agreed to answer a petition commuting their sentences to transportation to America for 14 years. While waiting for their transport to Gravesend and the prison vessel, they composed these lines and sent them via letter to the editor of the Kentish Post.
The three felons who inspired our name were William Smith, James Leak, and Robert Elson. It is rare to receive a personal touch, however small, from so long ago!
The Three Felons Farewell
Adieu, thou friendly city, Canterbury;
Adieu all hopes again of being merry.
Adieu you generous housekeepers and wives.
Sure never villains led such happy lives.
Adieu all dainty dishes, roast and boil'd;
Adieu all curious drams, beer stale and mild;
Adieu to all the blessings we've enjoy'd,
Instead of wanting we have been o'ercloy'd.
So now 'tis fit that we to sea shou'd go,
And take for health a gentle purge or so.
Sure never rogues of half so deep a dye,
Made so many tender hearted damsels cry.
But thank kind fate (not justice) we're sav'd
From such a doom altho' we are enslav'd.
And if we meet with any of our friends,
We'll send 'em here to make you amends.
Enjoy our bustling terrace in the new Westgate Square
Coming soon, enjoy the ultimate people watching spot surrounded by historic buildings such as the Westgate Towers built in 1380 - England’s largest surviving medieval gateway.
Enjoy free entry to the Museum & Viewpoint when you dine!
Enjoy free entry to the Westgate Towers Museum & Viewpoint with your food receipt.