City of London Corporation

The City of London Corporation acts as the Local Authority for the City and the governing body for the City is the Court of Common Council.

If you live or work in the Ward of Walbrook, please feel free to contact your elected members for further details.

The City of London Corporation is committed to maintaining and enhancing the City as the world’s leading international financial and business centre.  Its responsibilities extend beyond the City boundaries and it provides and maintains a host of facilities for the benefit of the nation.  This includes the open spaces of Epping Forest and Hampstead Heath to the famous Barbican Arts Centre and the Museum of London.

In addition to providing services as a Local Authority such as refuse collection, housing, social services, education, environmental services and planning, the City of London Corporation is responsible for a number of other services.  It is also responsible for three schools: City of London School, City of London School for Girls and the City Freemen’s School and is involved in three academy schools in the neighbouring boroughs of Islington, Southwark and Hackney.  It also owns and manages Hampstead Heath, Queen’s Park and numerous other open spaces.

The Corporation runs its own police service, the City of London Police which is the lead police force for economic crime, and operates the nation’s Central Criminal Court, the Old Bailey. 

The Corporation maintains five of the Thames bridges and is the Port Health Authority for the whole of the Thames tidal estuary. The three premier wholesale food markets, Billingsgate, New Spitalfields and Smithfield are also owned by the Corporation.

Court of Common Council

The Court of Common Council is made of 125 elected members:  25 Aldermen and 100 Common Councilmen. Each of the 25 wards is represented by one Alderman and a number of Common Councilmen which in the case of Walbrook is two in number.

Details of the elected members for Walbrook can be found here.