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Introducing Wimbledon
Wimbledon is ace, and not just because of the tennis. With shops and restaurants galore, added to The Wombles’ homestead of Wimbledon Common, this is the kind of London neighbourhood most locals never want to leave.
There are two parts to Wimbledon, the village and the town, with the medieval High Street in the village where the most atmospheric boutiques and eateries can be found.
The grasslands of the common are popular with mushroom hunters, a foraging tradition that surely carries back to the hill fort built here during the Iron Age. The hill of prominence in Wimbledon used to pertain to Tim Henman, however it was all-change this summer and the more recent moniker of Murray Mound, now carries a winner's golden tinge.
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Best known for
Rain
Even when King George V opened the courts 'he gave three blows on a gong, the tarpaulins were removed, the first match started – and the rain came down...'
The Common
1,100 acres of woodland, scrubland and heathland, as well as nine ponds and a golf course, it has also proved hugely popular with fungi foragers.
With shops and restaurants galore, added to The Wombles’ homestead of Wimbledon Common, this is the kind of London neighbourhood most locals never want to leave.
