Sanctuary House Hotel

A Fuller’s Ale & Pie House and hotel, mainly drawing office workers and visitors to Westminster Abbey and other nearby attractions. This converted early 20th-century office building has housed publishers and politicians and is on ancient marshland and Tothill Fields, scene of trials by combat and 18th-century duels. Now in quieter times it offers warmth and hospitality. The fields were within the limits of Sanctuary at the Abbey, hence the name. Two banks of four handpumps for the ale; prices reflect the very central location. In September 2015 the venue gained brief fame when the just-elected new leader of the Labour Party led his supporters to it for a celebratory singing of The Red Flag. Note that alcohol cannot be sold before 8am.