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FARRINGDON WARD CLUB


The Farringdon Ward Club offers a range of networking events, dinners, and trips for its members.

Upcoming events

    • 08/11/2025
    • 12:30 PM
    • Guildhall
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    LUNCH AFTER THE

    LORD MAYOR’S SHOW

    Saturday, 8th November 2025

    Join us in the Main Dining room at the Guildhall, Gresham Street, EC2V 5AF after the Lord Mayor’s Show when the 697th Lord Mayor of London, who will be elected on 29th September, processes through the streets of the City.

    Dining Room opens 12.30

    Astrum Tempranillo Rosé La Mancha
    Freshly Squeezed Orange Juice Sparkling & Still Mineral Water

    Lunch served 1.00 pm

    Starter

    Fillet of Honey Cured Roast Scottish Salmon
    Cos Lettuce & Classic Caesar Salad Dressing

    (V) Italian Oven Roasted Vegetables
    Cos Lettuce & Classic Caesar Salad Dressing

    Selection of Breads

    Main Course

    Lancashire Grass Fed Beef Braised in English Ale Sauce, Turned Baked King Edward Potatoes and Roasted Winter Root Vegetables

    (V) Pumpkin Risotto

    Dessert

    The Sweet “Dame Blanche” Vanilla Cheesecake & Warm Chocolate Sauce Toffee Ice Cream

    Cheese Table

    Display of British & Irish Cheese
    Salad of Grapes Apple Celery
    Selection of Cheese Biscuits

    &&&

    Rich Roast Fair Trade Coffee
    China Tea

    Wines

    Cuvee Jean Paul Dry White Pays des Cotes de Gascogne

    Cuvee Jean Paul IGP Mediterranee

    Barão de Vilar Ruby Port

    Some of these dishes contain traces of nut products

    Fully inclusive ticket price Members - £97.50 each

    Because of limited space, tickets are restricted to one per member plus one guest

    If you require more then please book those here and email office@farringdonwardclub.org.uk to join the waiting list for any unallocated tickets. Please also email to join the waiting list if your application is rejected because the tickets have all been sold

    Dress code: Badges, Morning Dress or Dark Lounge Suits and equivalent for ladies

    Payment should be made when booking by using the Stripe Card payment system or direct to

    Metro Bank

    Sort Code: 23-05-80

    Account Number 20342366

    Account Name: Farringdon Ward Club

    Reference: Your surname and LM Lunch


    or post cheque to:


    Suite 28, Quayside Court, Cosens Quay, Weymouth, DT4 8AQ


    No refunds will be given for cancellations after 28th October 2025


    Please email office@farringdonwardclub.org.uk

    By kind permission of the Corporation of London


    • 11/11/2025
    • 6:00 PM
    • First Floor, Rising Sun, Carter Lane, EC4V 5DY
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    SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING

    Tuesday, 11th November 2025

      

    First Floor, Rising Sun, Carter Lane, EC4V 5DY

    6.00 p.m.

     

    AGENDA

     

    1.            Apologies for absence

     

    2.            Subscriptions:

     

    The Council recommends that:

     

    a.    Subscriptions be increased to £25 pa, effective as follows

     

                   Immediately for new members

                   At the next renewal after 1st April 2026 for existing members

     
    b.    That Life Membership be increased from £210 to £250

     

    c.     The creation of a new Corporate Membership category with up to 5 nominees £125 pa and 5 – 10 nominees £250 and subject to a 10% discount

     

    The Special General Meeting will be followed by our normal monthly drinks when our speaker will be Jo Tasker who will be talking about the Community Co-Working project she leads.

     

     

     

    By order of the Council – 15th October 2025

    • 11/11/2025
    • 6:00 PM
    • The Rising Sun, Carter Lane, EC4V 5DY
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    MONTHLY NETWORKING DRINKS

    Our successful monthly network nights in conjunction with the Fleet Street Quarter BID continue with another meeting at

    The Rising Sun, Carter Lane, EC4V 5DY

    11 November 2025 after SGM at 6.00 pm

    SPEAKER AT 6.45pm

    Where we will have exclusive use of the first-floor bar

    Our guest speaker will be

    Jo Tasker

    FOUNDER COMMUNITY COWORKING

    Community Coworking Ltd (CCL) is a social enterprise set up to enable new ways of working & learning. Activating places on the high street, supporting local economies creating social value whilst breathing life back into obsolete spaces on high streets in rural & urban settings.

    Our Mission

    There will be no charge for these events, just use the bar and do bring friends!

    An opportunity to unwind, natter with friends old and new.

    Do you have a Club tie or badge yet? The President, who is also our Quartermaster, always has some with him!  - Ward Club Ties £15. - Ward Club Badges £15 - CASH PLEASE.


    • 12/11/2025
    • 6:30 PM
    • National Liberal Club
    Register

    Some of you know that one of the organisations that our Secretary and Senior Vice President, David Selves, also runs is the European Atlantic Group. Having moved to another, larger venue, David and the EAG are delighted to offer tickets at the EAG members' rate.  

    Booking is direct to the EAG via booking@thelondongrillclub.co.uk. but feel free to register on this site and we will pass details to the EAG.

    12th November 2025 – 6.30 for 7.00 pm

    DAVID STARKEY

    The well known and sometimes controversial historian will deliver

    THE ELMA DANGERFIELD MEMEORIAL LECTURE

    David Lloyd George Room at the National Liberal Club

     With wheelchair access - 1 Whitehall Pl, London SW1A 2HE

    To celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the founding of

    THE EUROPEAN ATLANTIC GROUP

    Cold Smoked Trout – served on Seasonal Leaves with Crème Fraiche and Lemon and Honey Dressing

    Oven Roasted Breast of Corn Fed Chicken with Butternut Squash Puree and Red Wine Jus

    Followed by coffee or tea


    Members and their guests £85 - Non Members £97.50


    Or vegetarian – please confirm when booking

     

    Cash bar, wine and other drinks for the table should be ordered on the night



    Payment to be made directly to:  F C H Hospitality Limited – 40.44.04 - 32021897


    booking@thelondongrillclub.co.uk


    in association with



    www.thelondongrillclub.co.uk


    • 08/12/2025

    We will attend the annual Carol Concert at St Bride's church with the option of also joining a party afterwards.  

    Full details in due course.

    • 23/01/2026
    • 6:30 PM - 11:00 PM
    • Brick Lane Music Hall

    A larger than life tale of magic and mayhem, mishaps and cow-tastrophies, brought to you by an award winning team, with a three course pre-show dinner.

    The bar opens at 5.30 p.m., dinner at 6.30 p.m. and the show starts at 8.15 p.m. - scheduled to finish at 10.45 p.m.

    Book early - booking will open soon.


Past events

20/10/2025 Eve of Trafalgar Day Tour and Tea at the RAG
14/10/2025 Monthly Networking Event - October
23/09/2025 Quiz - 6.00 p.m. City Giving Day 23 September 2025
23/09/2025 Treasure Hunt - 4.00 p.m. City Giving Day 23 September 2025
23/09/2025 Guided Walks - City Giving Day 23 September 2025
18/09/2025 Curry Lunch on HMS Wellington
09/09/2025 Monthly Networking September 2025
09/08/2025 Annual Thames Rowing Event
08/07/2025 July Networking Drinks
24/06/2025 Visit to Balfour Winery, Staplehurst, Kent
10/06/2025 June Networking Drinks
13/05/2025 Networking Drinks May 2025
28/04/2025 AGM Finger buffet and drinks
28/04/2025 Farringdon Ward Club Annual General Meeting
08/04/2025 Monthly Networking Drinks - 8th April 2025
11/03/2025 Monthly Networking Drinks - 11th March 2025
11/03/2025 Monthly Networking Drinks - Updated 11th March
11/02/2025 Monthly Networking Drinks - 11th February 2025
06/01/2025 Council Meeting
09/12/2024 Christmas Carol Concert
12/11/2024 Monthly Networking Drinks - 12th November 2024
09/11/2024 Lunch After the Lord Mayor's Show
04/11/2024 President's Networking Lunch
08/10/2024 Monthly Networking Drinks - October
02/09/2024 President's Networking Lunch
10/07/2024 President's Inaugural Networking Lunch
09/07/2024 Monthly Networking Drinks 9 July 2024
21/06/2024 Visit to Parliament
11/06/2024 Monthly Networking Drinks - June
14/05/2024 Inaugural Monthly Networking Meeting.
15/04/2024 Farringdon Ward Club, Annual General Meeting
05/04/2024 Annual Civic Lunch
20/02/2023 Visit to the Old Bailey
12/11/2022 Lord Mayor's Show
17/10/2022 Visit to the Clink Prison Museum
19/09/2022 Visit to the Museum of London
15/08/2022 Knights of St. John Museum near St. John Street
18/07/2022 London Bridge Experience in Tooley Street

Landmarks in the Wards of Farringdon Without and Farringdon Within

Greyfriars Church Gardens
Embankment City Boundary
Farringdon Street
Farringdon Viaduct
Holborn
Smithfields
St Bartholomew the Great
Temple Gardens
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