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Aldgate Ward Club
An active Ward Club in the City of London
Aldgate is one of the more active ward clubs in the City. It offers a broad range of social and fellowship activities to a diverse membership.
It’s location and history means it is also known as the “shipping Ward” due to the presence of the Baltic Exchange and it being the centre of the shipping business with worldwide importance. It also has close links to the insurance industry but as per its motto, it is “open to all”.
From the website
There are 25 Wards (voting districts) within the City. Each elects an Alderman and a number of Commoners (a list of ours is on the governance page) to represent them in the Court of Common Council (the City of London’s “town council”). Through our members of the Court of Common Council, we take an active part in the administration of the City. Two of our Past Presidents have also been Lord Mayors of London.
The Ward Club celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2006, but before that it was known as the Aldgate Ward Ratepayers Association and its history extends way back into that of the City. It started as a forum for local residents, merchants, traders and others with an interest in the area to make representation to the Ward’s Alderman and Commoners, but now it also has an active social and…
