Castle Baynard

Ward of Castle Baynard

Location within the City
Ward of Castle Baynard
Ward of Castle Baynard shown within Greater London
OS grid reference	TQ315811
Sui generis	City of London
Administrative area	Greater London
Region	London
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LONDON
Postcode district	EC4
Dialling code	020

Police	City of London
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
EU Parliament	London
UK Parliament	Cities of London and Westminster
London Assembly	City and East
List of places UK England London 51°30′47″N 0°06′17″W / 51.51307°N 0.10471°W / 51.51307; -0.10471Coordinates: 51°30′47″N 0°06′17″W / 51.51307°N 0.10471°W / 51.51307; -0.10471

Castle Baynard is one of the 25 Wards of the City of London, the historic and financial centre of London.

The Ward covers an irregular shaped area, sometimes likened to a tuning fork, bounded on the east by the Wards of Queenhithe and Bread Street; the River Thames to the south; the Ward of Farringdon Without to the north and west; and the Ward of Farringdon Within to the north.

Major landmarks within the Ward include Blackfriars Bridge (the full span of which falls within the City and this Ward), naval establishment HMS President, and St Paul's Cathedral. In addition the area includes the churches of St Bride's, which Poet Laureate Sir John Betjeman described as "magnificent, even by the exalted standards of Sir Christopher Wren", and St. Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe. In former times the Ward also included the Church of St Mary Magdalen Old Fish Street which burned down in 1886 and was not rebuilt and its own charitable foundation, Castle Baynard Ward School. The Mermaid Theatre, on the site of Curriers' Alley and Puddle Dock, nowadays lie within the Ward's catchment area. The north-bank entrance of Blackfriars station, the only London station to span the Thames, also lies within Castle Baynard.