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{{Short description|Ward of the City of London}}
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| postcode_area            = EC
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| dial_code                = 020
| static_image_name        = File:Ward Walbrook plaque London.jpg
| static_image_caption     = Ward of Walbrook sign
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'''Walbrook''' is a [[Ward of the City of London]] and a minor street in its vicinity. The ward is named after a [[River Walbrook|river of the same name]].

The ward of Walbrook contains two of the City's most notable landmarks: the [[Bank of England]] and the [[Mansion House, London|Mansion House]]. The street runs between [[Cannon Street]] and [[Bank junction]], though vehicular traffic can only access it via Bucklersbury, a nearby side-road off [[Queen Victoria Street, London|Queen Victoria Street]].

==City ward==
[[File:City of London, Ward of Walbrook.svg|thumb|left|Location within the City]]
A street called Walbrook runs along the lower part of the brook's course. A valley is clearly visible; this can be seen most clearly at the junction of Walbrook and [[Cannon Street]].<ref>[http://www.gridreferencefinder.com Grid reference Finder measurement tools]</ref> On the street is the church of [[St Stephen Walbrook]], which originally stood on the west bank of the stream, but was rebuilt around 1439 on the east side. In 1666 the church was destroyed in the [[Great Fire of London]]; [[Christopher Wren]] built a new church there in 1672, which still stands, to replace it. The [[Bank of England]] and the [[Mansion House, London|Mansion House]], the official residence of the [[Lord Mayor of London|Lord Mayor]], are both situated in Walbrook ward, as is the historic [[London Stone]] (the latter situated on Cannon Street). Within the ward is also the [[Walbrook Club]], a private dining club founded in 2000; this was designed{{clarify|date=March 2019}} by [[Mark Birley]] of [[Annabel's]], and is set in a [[Queen Anne-style]] [[Townhouse (Great Britain)|townhouse]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Rankine |first=Kate |title=Business profile: Chairman with a passion for needlework |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2862941/Business-profile-Chairman-with-a-passion-for-needlework.html |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=2003-09-13 |access-date=2012-02-29}}</ref>

Walbrook is one of 25 [[Wards of the United Kingdom|ward]]s in the City of London, each electing an [[Alderman]] and [[Commoners]] (the City equivalent of a [[Councillor]]) to the [[Court of Common Council]] of the [[City of London Corporation]]. Only electors who are [[Freedom of the City of London|Freemen of the City of London]] are eligible to stand.

==Politics==
The ward is represented in the City of London Corporation by [[John Garbutt (alderman)|John Garbutt]] [[Alderman]] and the Common Councilmen [[James Thomson (London politician)|James Thomson]] (Deputy) and Peter Bennett.<ref name="WW">{{cite web |title=Elected Members - Walbrook Ward |url=http://www.walbrookward.org.uk/elected-members/ |website=Walbrook Ward |publisher=Walbrook Ward |access-date=6 November 2017}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Roman sites in the United Kingdom]]
* [[Tributaries of the River Thames]]
* [[Subterranean rivers of London]]
* [[List of rivers in England]]

==References==
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[[Ackroyd, Peter]]. ''[[London: The Biography]]'' ([[Chatto & Windus]], 2000) p.&nbsp;33

==External links==
* [http://217.154.230.195/NR/rdonlyres/64DD629E-1C3B-4663-829B-D279AD6886B9/0/walbrook.jpg City of London Corporation] Map of Walbrook ward (2003 —)
* [http://www.walbrookward.org.uk Walbrook Ward] The Official Ward Website

{{City of London wards}}

[[Category:Wards of the City of London]]
[[Category:Streets in the City of London]]