Broad Street is one of the 25 ancient wards of the City of London.

From here, Old Broad Street runs south-west along the border with Cornhill where it joins Throgmorton Street, its southern boundary—to the south of which is the Bank of England in Walbrook ward.

The western boundary follows a series of small courts and alleys adjacent to Moorgate and then runs up Copthall Avenue.

A busy commercial area[5] it also contains two livery halls of the Worshipful Company of Carpenters[6] and Worshipful Company of Drapers[7] on the private Throgmorton Avenue which they jointly own.

Like many of the City wards it has a social club for people who work in the area,[8] which celebrated its 30th anniversary in March 2006.