Civil Service Club
Encyclopedia
| Founded | 1953 |
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| Home Page | http://www.civilserviceclub.org.uk/ |
| Address | 13-15 Great Scotland Yard Great Scotland Yard (street) Great Scotland Yard is a street in the St. James's district of Westminster, London, connecting Northumberland Avenue and Whitehall. It is best known as the location of the rear entrance to the original headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service of London.... |
| Clubhouse occupied since | 1953 |
| Club established for | Civil service |
The Civil Service Club is a London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
gentlemen's club
Gentlemen's club
A gentlemen's club is a members-only private club of a type originally set up by and for British upper class men in the eighteenth century, and popularised by English upper-middle class men and women in the late nineteenth century. Today, some are more open about the gender and social status of...
, founded in 1953, for current and former members of the UK civil service.
It replaces an older Civil Service Club which existed in Whitehall
Whitehall
Whitehall is a road in Westminster, in London, England. It is the main artery running north from Parliament Square, towards Charing Cross at the southern end of Trafalgar Square...
in the early twentieth century, and is also a successor to numerous other civil-service themed clubs of the nineteenth century, such as the now-defunct Whitehall Club.