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Wimbledon (/ ˈ w ɪ m b əl d ə n /) is a town and area of south-west London, England, 7.0 miles (11.3 km) southwest of the centre of London at Charing Cross; it is the main commercial centre of the London Borough of Merton.
Colliers Wood shares its postcode district of SW19 with Wimbledon. It merges into Merton Abbey . Colliers Wood has three parks: a recreation ground, the National Trust -owned Wandle Park , which covers an area of approximately 11 acres (45,000 m 2 ), and the more informal Wandle Meadow Nature Park.
Photo taken in 1912. Until the late 19th century Southfields was still fields, situated between the more developed villages of Wimbledon and Putney.Several of the former pathways through the fields form the routes of parts of today's road system, in particular Wimbledon Park Road and its continuation through Southfields Passage, which was the field path from Wimbledon to Wandsworth, Kimber ...
The Crooked Billet is a pub at 14–15 Crooked Billet, facing onto Wimbledon Common, Wimbledon, London. The building dates from the early 18th century and became the Crooked Billet during the 1750s. [1] The district of Wimbledon called Crooked Billet may have taken its name from the pub. [1] [2] [3]
Crooked Billet, also known as Shepherd's Hatch Gate, [a] is a hamlet which forms part of Wimbledon Common and incorporates its own commons. The district encompasses a small area in southwest London, England, in the London Borough of Merton. The area is regarded as a popular greenspot and an adjunct to events in Wimbledon.
The 1919 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament ran from 23 June until 7 July. [1] It was the 39th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the first Grand Slam tennis event of 1919.
54 Parkside (presently the Apostolic Nunciature to the United Kingdom) is a large, detached house in Wimbledon, London, SW19, overlooking Wimbledon Common.First known as Winkfield Lodge, the property is the current diplomatic office of the Holy See in Great Britain.
On Sunday 8 July 2012, Andy Murray and Roger Federer contested the first Wimbledon final to be played partially under a roof. The roof was designed by SCX Special Projects Ltd [ 20 ] and controls for mobilising the roof were designed by Fairfield Control Systems Ltd. [ 21 ] and Moog [ 22 ] who supplied the electric control system comprising ...