Wimbledon Park
Wimbledon Park | |
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Wimbledon Park Lake | |
Location within Greater London | |
Population | 11,197 (2011 Census. Ward)[1] |
London borough | |
Ceremonial county | Greater London |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | LONDON |
Postcode district | SW19 |
Dialling code | 020 |
Police | Metropolitan |
Fire | London |
Ambulance | London |
London Assembly | |
Wimbledon Park is the name of an urban park in Wimbledon and also of the suburb south and east of the park and the Wimbledon Park tube station. The park itself is 27 hectares (67 acres) in area.[2] The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club is immediately to the west of the park. Wimbledon Park is not part of Wimbledon Common, which is situated further to the west up the hill.
Early history
The original park comprised part of the grounds of
In 1846, the 4th Earl Spencer sold the estate and house to John Augustus Beaumont a property developer who laid out new roads and sold plots of land for house building. Two roads still bear his name today – Augustus Road and Beaumont Road. Development of the area was slow at first, but continued throughout the second half of the 19th century, gradually nibbling away at the parkland.
20th century onwards
The modern park was purchased by the Borough of Wimbledon just before the
Wimbledon Park was added to the English Heritage (now Historic England) register of historic parks and gardens in 1987.[4]
A new children's water play area was opened in 2007, named the Elisabeth Pool in memory of a local child.[5]
The London Underground District line runs to the east of the Park between Southfields tube station and Wimbledon Park station.
Wimbledon Park is home to a wide range of leisure facilities including tennis courts, a bowls pavilion, beach volleyball court and an outdoor and Watersports centre which offer a huge range of activities such as Sailing, Kayaking and Canoeing on the large lake which is park of the park.
The park also contains an athletics stadium with 400m track.
Every November a large fireworks display takes place in Wimbledon Park, organised by Merton Council it is one of the largest and most popular shows in London.
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Golf Course
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Metropolitan Police Point
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Tennis Courts
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Horse Close Wood
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Athletics track
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Aerial view with Wimbledon Park (left) and the All-England Club (right)
See also
Wimbledon Manor House – For early history of Wimbledon Park and the manor
External links
- Save Wimbledon Park
- Friends of Wimbledon Park
- Wimbledon Park Heritage Group
- Wimbledon Park Residents' Association Website
- Wimbledon Park entry from The DiCamillo Companion to British & Irish Country Houses
- Wimbledon Park Golf Club
- Motco.com
- Stanford's 1862 Library Map of London and its Suburbs
- 1871 to 1874 Ordnance Survey Map of Wimbledon Showing Wimbledon Park House
- Wimbledon Park Fireworks
- Wimbledon Park Watersports and Outdoor Centre
References
- ^ "Merton Ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
- ^ "London Gardens Online wimbledon Park". web page. London Parks and Gardens Trust. 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
- ^ "Wimbledon Park – Garden | Capability Brown". www.capabilitybrown.org. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- ^ "WIMBLEDON PARK, Non Civil Parish – 1000852 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Historic England. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
- ^ "Elisabeth Pool". www.wphg.org.uk. Wimbledon Park Heritage Group. Retrieved 2 May 2019.