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Backyard Biennial: East

Backyard Biennial: East

Aldgate Connect BID is proud to be supporting Whitechapel Gallery's Backyard Biennial: East, an 8-week, free, summer arts festival initiated by Whitechapel Gallery in collaboration...

Panna Football at the Crescent: Bookings Now Open

Panna Football at the Crescent: Bookings Now Open

Dates: Thursday 11th June - Thursday 17th September, 8am - 8:45pm Location: Crescent, EC3N 1JY Panna Football at the Crescent is now open for bookings of friendly 1v1's, soci...

Aldgate Walking Tour: Smartphone Photography Workshop

Aldgate Walking Tour: Smartphone Photography Workshop

Join us for the next Aldgate Walking Tour and learn how to maximise your snaps! Date: Wednesday 3rd June 2026 Time: 12:30 - 1:30pm Location: fountains at Aldgate Square, Aldgat...

Aldgate Gardening Club: Spring Detox Tea Blending

Aldgate Gardening Club: Spring Detox Tea Blending

Join us for the next Aldgate Gardening Club workshop and make your own custom herbal tea! Date: Friday 29th May 2026 Time: 12:30 - 1:30pm Location: The Chamberlain Hotel, Tower...

Vibrant New Signage for Petticoat Lane

Vibrant New Signage for Petticoat Lane

Aldgate Connect BID installs New Branded Signage across Petticoat Lane Vibrant new Petticoat Lane branded signs have been installed by Aldgate Connect BID across the Petticoat...

Aldgate Gardening Club: Rooftop Gardening with Providence Row

Aldgate Gardening Club: Rooftop Gardening with Providence Row

Join us for this special edition of Aldgate Gardening Club and support the important work of Providence Row. Date: Monday 22nd June & Monday 6th July 2026 Time: 12:30 - 1:30...

Aldgate Connect Community Fund supports community projects with over £15,000

Aldgate Connect Community Fund supports community projects with over £15,000

The Aldgate Connect Community Fund continues to make a meaningful difference across Aldgate, supporting a wide range of impactful community projects. Since its launch in 2022, the ...

FREE Phone Marking Sessions Helping Combat Mobile Theft

FREE Phone Marking Sessions Helping Combat Mobile Theft

Aldgate Connect BID has again partnered with the City of London Police and City BIDs to run free phone marking events in Aldgate. We've also teamed up with the Metropolitan Police ...

What’s On in Aldgate this May

What’s On in Aldgate this May

May has arrived, bringing brighter days, bank holidays just around the corner, and a What’s On Guide designed to keep your calendar effortlessly full. What more could you ask for...

Toast the City 2026: Nominations Now Open!

Toast the City 2026: Nominations Now Open!

That's right, Toast the City Awards return for a second year, bigger, better and more ambitious than before. Aldgate Connect BID is proud to join the other City BIDs in supporti...

That’s A Wrap: Aldgate Egg Hunt 2026

That’s A Wrap: Aldgate Egg Hunt 2026

Thank you to everyone who took part in the Aldgate Egg Hunt this year to make it the best one to date! This year's Aldgate Egg Hunt too place across 20th March - 6th April and...

Get Involved with the Gravel Lane Windows Project

Get Involved with the Gravel Lane Windows Project

As part of the construction work to expand the City of London Police’s Eastern Base at Middlesex Street Estate, the City of London want to keep the new shopfronts on Gravel Lane ...

Latest Webinars on the Aldgate Training Hub

Latest Webinars on the Aldgate Training Hub

Our free online learning platform has a range of exciting webinars planned this month, including introduction to ESG, How to Understand Others, Power BI, and Mental Health Essentia...

Winning Design Announced for ‘A Place to Belong’ Aldgate Connect Design Competition

Winning Design Announced for ‘A Place to Belong’ Aldgate Connect Design Competition

We’re pleased to join London Festival of Architecture (powered by NLA) in announcing OUT Architecture’s Macchiato, as the winning design for our 'A Place to Belong: Goulston St...

What’s On in Aldgate this April

What’s On in Aldgate this April

We aren't April Fooling with this action-packed guide to Aldgate this month. Discover scavenger hunts, creative connection and just a hint of cheekiness. Everything you need to mak...

Crack the Egg: The Leader Board

Crack the Egg: The Leader Board

Unveiled: The Leader Board for the ultimate Aldgate Team Challenge This year's edition of the Aldgate Egg Hunt has brought the ultimate Aldgate Team Challenge to the area, which i...

Ally the Aldgate Bunny – Meet & Greet

Ally the Aldgate Bunny – Meet & Greet

The Aldgate Egg Hunt returns this year and with it the iconic Ally the Aldgate Bunny! Running from 20th March to 6th April, the 2026 edition of the Aldgate Egg Hunt returns fo...

City of Women Choir Celebrates International Women’s Day

City of Women Choir Celebrates International Women’s Day

Aldgate Connect BID is delighted to join Music in Offices and Cheapside Business Alliance to celebrate International Women’s Day. Come and join us on Thursday 12th March to sing...

Aldgate Gardening Club: Growing Herbs

Aldgate Gardening Club: Growing Herbs

Join us for the next Aldgate Gardening Club workshop and grow your own herbs! Date: Tuesday 31st March 2026 Time: 12:30 - 1:30pm Location: The White Chapel Building, 10 Whitech...

Aldgate Egg Hunt is back for its 5th year!

Aldgate Egg Hunt is back for its 5th year!

The Aldgate Egg Hunt returns this year with egg-citing new additions for everyone to enjoy! Running from 20th March to 6th April, the 2026 edition of the Aldgate Egg Hunt ...

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