diff --git a/notifications_utils/broadcast_areas/__init__.py b/notifications_utils/broadcast_areas/__init__.py
index fdc1fd37a..5cf3854b3 100644
--- a/notifications_utils/broadcast_areas/__init__.py
+++ b/notifications_utils/broadcast_areas/__init__.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import itertools
 from contextlib import suppress
 from pathlib import Path
 from functools import lru_cache
+import sqlite3
 import geojson
 from notifications_utils.formatters import formatted_list
 
@@ -9,6 +10,60 @@ from notifications_utils.serialised_model import SerialisedModelCollection
 from notifications_utils.safe_string import make_string_safe_for_id
 
 
+class BroadcastAreasRepository(object):
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.database = Path(__file__).resolve().parent / 'broadcast-areas.sql'
+
+    def query(self, sql, *args):
+        package_path = Path(__file__).resolve().parent
+        db_filepath = package_path / "broadcast-areas.sqlite3"
+        with sqlite3.connect(str(db_filepath)) as conn:
+            cursor = conn.cursor()
+            cursor.execute(sql, (*args,))
+            return cursor.fetchall()
+
+    def get_datasets(self):
+        q = "SELECT DISTINCT(dataset) AS dataset FROM broadcast_areas"
+        datasets = [row[0] for row in self.query(q)]
+        return sorted(datasets)
+
+    def get_dataset_description(self, dataset):
+        q = """
+        WITH
+        areas AS (SELECT * FROM broadcast_areas WHERE dataset = ?),
+        area_count AS (SELECT COUNT(*) AS c FROM areas),
+        subset_area_count AS (SELECT c - 4 FROM area_count),
+        some_area_names  AS (SELECT name FROM areas LIMIT 100),
+        some_shuffled_area_names AS (
+            SELECT name FROM some_area_names ORDER BY RANDOM()
+        ),
+        description_area_names AS (
+            SELECT name FROM some_shuffled_area_names LIMIT 4
+        ),
+        description_areas_joined AS (
+            SELECT GROUP_CONCAT(name, ", ") FROM description_area_names
+        )
+        SELECT
+        CASE (SELECT * FROM subset_area_count)
+        WHEN 0 THEN
+            (SELECT * FROM description_areas_joined)
+        ELSE
+            (SELECT * FROM description_areas_joined)
+            || ", "
+            || (SELECT * FROM subset_area_count)
+            || " more…"
+        END
+        """
+        description = self.query(q, dataset)[0][0]
+        return description
+
+    def get_areas(self):
+        pass
+
+    def get_areas_from_list(self, areas):
+        pass
+
+
 @lru_cache(maxsize=128)
 def load_geojson_file(filename):
 
diff --git a/tests/test_broadcast_area.py b/tests/test_broadcast_area.py
index 7ef23491d..81e5986c5 100644
--- a/tests/test_broadcast_area.py
+++ b/tests/test_broadcast_area.py
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 import pytest
+import re
 from json import JSONDecodeError
 from unittest import mock
 
 from notifications_utils.broadcast_areas import (
     BroadcastAreaLibraries,
+    BroadcastAreasRepository,
     broadcast_area_libraries,
     load_geojson_file,
 )
@@ -156,3 +158,9 @@ def test_lat_long_order():
     assert len(lat_long[0]) == len(long_lat[0]) == 2082  # Coordinates in polygon
     assert len(lat_long[0][0]) == len(long_lat[0][0]) == 2  # Axes in coordinates
     assert lat_long[0][0] == list(reversed(long_lat[0][0]))
+
+
+def test_includes_electoral_wards():
+
+    areas = broadcast_area_libraries.get_areas('city-of-london---aldgate')
+    assert len(areas) == 1