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Preparing for Your Wimbledon Visit
Everything worth knowing before you join the queue — tickets, packing, and the unwritten rules of the fortnight
Wimbledon, SW19
Traveling to the All England Club
The transport guide that gets you there without losing an hour — and which station is actually better
Wimbledon, SW19
Lunch at Soutine before the Lord's ODI
The neighbourhood brasserie that makes the walk to Lord's feel like the start of something
Centre Court
What it's actually like to sit inside the most famous tennis court in the world — and the three ways to get there
Wimbledon, SW19
Wimbledon Museum & Private Tour
Behind the gates on a non-match day — Centre Court, the royal box, and the trophy room with a guide to yourself
SW19, Wimbledon
The Rose & Crown
A 17th-century pub hotel on Wimbledon Village High Street — ten minutes' walk from the All England Club
Wimbledon Village, SW19
The Rest Day: A Day in London Away from the Courts
South Bank to Borough Market to South Kensington — a Wimbledon rest day that uses the city properly
Central London
Dinner at The Black Lamb
The Gladwin Brothers' Wimbledon Village restaurant — seasonal British, English wines from their own vineyard
Wimbledon Village
Dinner at The Crooked Billet
A 17th-century pub on Wimbledon Common that's been doing the same thing well for a very long time
Wimbledon Common
The Outer Courts
A £30 grounds pass puts you three rows from the baseline on Courts 3 to 18 — closer than any show court seat
SW19, Wimbledon
SW19 During the Fortnight
Wimbledon Village during the fortnight — pub gardens, match screenings, and the energy of being close to it
Wimbledon Village, SW19
When It Rains at Wimbledon
What actually happens when the weather closes in — roof protocol, the refund policy, and how to make a rain day work
Wimbledon, SW19
Hotel du Vin Cannizaro House
A Georgian manor on Wimbledon Common — twenty minutes' walk across the park to the All England Club
Wimbledon Village, SW19
Brixton Village & Market Row
Two covered 1930s arcades off Brixton High Street: global food, honest prices, and more character than Borough Market
Wimbledon, SW19
No. 1 Court at Wimbledon
The second show court — 11,000 seats, retractable roof, and where the best first-week matches usually end up
Wimbledon, SW19
The Lawn at Wimbledon
The AELTC's own hospitality terrace — Michel Roux Jr catering, a Centre Court seat, and no queuing for anything
SW19, Wimbledon
The Practice Courts
Watching world number ones at ten metres in Aorangi Park — included in a grounds pass and unknown to most visitors
SW19, Wimbledon
Eating at Wimbledon
The full food picture inside the AELTC grounds — what's worth the price, where to eat well, and what you can bring in
Wimbledon, SW19
The Wimbledon Queue
How to join the overnight queue for Centre Court day tickets — and why the wait on Church Road is half the point
SW19, Wimbledon
The Hill
The grass bank with the giant screen where a grounds pass becomes the most social afternoon in tennis
SW19, Wimbledon
Joining the Bharat Army
India's travelling cricket fan group has 160,000 members and has been doing this since 1999 — here is how to find them
The Landmark London for the Lord's ODI
A five-star hotel in Marylebone, eight minutes from Lord's and home to one of London's better-known atrium restaurants
Lord's — 3rd ODI
The home of cricket hosts the series finale — MCC egg-and-bacon ties in the Pavilion, Bharat Army drums in the stands
The Lord's Tavern — Drinking Inside Cricket's Cathedral
The pub inside Lord's Cricket Ground, next to the Grace Gates
London in a day — the walk that covers it all
Tower Bridge to Westminster on foot, with Borough Market for lunch and the South Bank in between
South Bank / City of London
Getting to Edgbaston and Lord's on match day
The transport options that actually work — and the ones that look fine on paper until 25,000 people try them at once