It may be famous for tennis and strawberries - but there is a lot more to Wimbledon than that. Beautiful Victorian and Georgian architecture abounds, while the pretty Wimbledon Village offers plenty of old-fashioned high street shopping.
St Mary’s Church
Dating back to 1086, the existing church was modified in 1843 by Sir George Gilbert Scott, architect of St Pancras. Look for the mausoleum of Sir Joseph Bazalgette, Victorian engineer of the London sewage system.
St Mary's Road SW19
Tube/rail/tram: Wimbledon
Cannizaro Park
Covering 34 acres just off Wimbledon Common, this Listed garden was once the garden of Cannizaro House - now a hotel. It hosts an annual jazz festival, open-air theatre and other arts events - and the statue of Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, who lived nearby in exile.
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Windmill Museum
Wimbledon Common is home to this museum of windmill and milling history in an old windmill, filled with working models and tools. Children can enjoy hands-on milling or hoisting sacks of corn with a pulley.
Windmill Road SW19
Rail: Putney, then 93 bus
Tube/rail/tram: Wimbledon
Buddhapadipa Temple
The first Thai Buddhist temple in London opened in 1980 and was built in traditional Thai style. One of only two outside Asia, it is dedicated to teaching Buddhism and offers classes and group tours.
14 Calonne Road SW19
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Lawn Tennis Museum
Let a 3D John McEnroe take you on a tour of the changing rooms in the 1980s, enjoy a view of the changing fashions through the decades or experience a Matrix-style fly-through of Maria Sharapova playing a Centre Court match.
Church Road SW19
Tel: 020 8946 6131
Tube: Southfields or South Wimbledon, then Bus 493.
Deen City Farm
Sitting on the banks of the River Wandle, this working farm is home to goats, chickens, ducks and geese and rare breeds such as Jacob sheep and British White cattle. Have riding lessons or enjoy the petting rabbits and guinea pigs
Windsor Ave SW19
Tel: 020 8543 5300
Tube: South Wimbledon
Merton Abbey Mills
This Alternative Market specialises every weekend in arts and crafts, with everything from toys and crafts to jewellery and clothing, against a background of live music, food and drink. Plenty of handcrafted bargains.
Merantum Way, Colliers Wood SW19. Tel: 0207 287 1766
Tube: South Wimbledon
The Wandle Trail
The 20km Wandle Trail follows the River Wandle from Croydon to the Thames at Wandsworth. With both walking and cycling trails, you will enjoy it more if you do some research first into the industrial heritage of the river.
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Toynbee Fountain
This drinking fountain was erected in 1868 in memory of Joseph Toynbee by the ‘working men of Wimbledon’. Toynbee (1815-1866), the father of the social philosopher Arnold Toynbee, founded the Metropolitan Association for Improving the Dwellings of the Working Classes.
Wimbledon Hill SW19
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Victorian Pillar Box
This design classic - just around the corner from the fountain (left) - dates back to the late 1880s and Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. It bears the distinctive imperial cipher VR - Victoria Regina -and is an increasingly rare sight in London as modern designs replace older ones.
Belvedere Grove SW19
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