Alpine Club (UK)

[2] Though the club organises some UK-based meets and indoor lectures, its primary focus has always tended towards mountaineering overseas.

[3] It also holds extensive book and photo libraries as well as an archive of historical artifacts which are regularly lent out to exhibitions.

It was made from three strands of manila hemp, treated to be rot proof and marked with a red thread of worsted yarn.

The present Alpine Club members remain extremely active in the Alps and the Greater Ranges, as well as in mountain arts, literature and science.

For many years it had the characteristics of a London-based Gentlemen's club, including a certain imprecision in the qualification for membership (said to have been 'A reasonable number of respectable peaks').

In 1936–1937, the surveying firm of Pilditch, Chadwick and Company had converted the ground floor of the building into suitable premises for the club.

In 1991, the Alpine Club acquired the freehold of a five-storey Victorian warehouse at 55, Charlotte Road, on the edge of the City of London, and this building remains its current headquarters.