Wimbledon, an affluent suburb in southwest London, is home to the world's most famous tennis tournament. Today we wandered its leafy byways.
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| Homes along Wimbledon Common |
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Gothic Lodge, 1763
This was the first house in London to have a telephone. |
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| The Crooked Billet gastropub |
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Westside House, home of Spencer Gore,
winner of the first Wimbledon tennis tournament in 1877. |
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| Sunken Gardens in Cannizaro Park |
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| 18th-century Cannizaro House, now the Hotel du Vin & Bistro Wimbledon |
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| Rear of Hotel du Vin |
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Our path thru Wimbledon Common, the largest
expanse of heathland in London at over 1,100 acres. |
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| London skyline from above Wimbledon Tennis Club |
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| Wimbledon Tennis Club gate |
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St. Mary's, Anglican parish church,
4th church on the site since 1086. |
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The structure beyond the wall is the Old Rectory, dating from the 1500s.
It is Wimbledon's oldest building. Henry VIII gave it to his 6th wife,
Catherine Parr, in 1543. It was more recently owned by
Brian May of rock band Queen. |
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| St. Mary's churchyard |
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