Facilities & Clubs

Sports Facilities and Clubs and other facilities

Wimbledon Park has a good range of sports and other facilities and is used by a number of clubs:

Click the title to see more information about the club/facility

Also see this list of facilities on Google maps.

Wimbledon Park Angling Club Website: wpac.org.uk

Athletics stadium with a range of facilities including an eight-lane, 400m synthetic track, long jump pits and hurdles.

For more information see the following websites:
Merton Council – Wimbledon Park Athletics Stadium

Hercules Wimbledon Athletics Club

Two beach volleyball courts available for hire.

For more information or to book, see the Merton website:

merton.gov.uk/leisure-recreation-and-culture/pitches-and-courts/beach-volleyball

Bowling green and pavilion. All ages welcome to join Wimbledon Park Bowls Club.

wimbledonparkbowlsclub.co.uk/about/

Family friendly café offering ice creams and a range of light meals and snacks.

facebook.com/wimbledonparkcafeteria

Two children’s playgrounds with equipment for all ages, a sandpit and a paddling pool / water play area that opens during summer months.

merton.gov.uk/leisure-recreation-and-culture/parks-and-open-spaces/parks-and-recreation-grounds/wimbledon/wimbledon-park#titleCol11

There are a number of fitness classes and personal trainers operating in the park, including Southfields Bootcamp:

https://www.sf-bootcamp.co.uk

https://www.instagram.com/southfields_bootcamp/

Wimbledon Park - Southfields Bootcamp Website Home
Wimbledon Park – Southfields Bootcamp Website Home
Wimbledon Park - Southfields Bootcamp Instagram Home
Wimbledon Park – Southfields Bootcamp Instagram Home

Since 2021, tennis courts 16-20 are now available as netball courts.

Please visit the Idverde sports kiosk next to the cafe.

For organised sessions and holiday clubs, see:

BoomBoomFitness.co.uk

A weekly free 2K timed event for juniors

parkrun.org.uk/wimbledonpark-juniors/

Friends of Wimbledon Park helped install an outdoor table tennis table. Currently situated next to the Beach Volleyball Courts, this is free to use – bring your own bats and balls.

A second table is planned and at this point both tables will be located on the hard standing near to the tennis courts.

10 astro-turf courts (floodlit at dusk) and up to 10 tarmac courts (some are closed in need of refurbishment).

merton.gov.uk/healthy-living/sport-and-healthy-living/tennis-courts#titleCol20

clubspark.lta.org.uk/WimbledonPark

The main publicly accessible toilet block is next to the cafe, tennis court #1 and the children’s playground. It contains a DC radar accessible disabled toilet.

This toilet block is was refurbished in the autumn of 2021, reopening in December 2021:

Watersports Centre offering a range of activities including sailing, canoeing and kayaking.

merton.gov.uk/leisure-recreation-and-culture/wimbledon-park-watersports-centre

Sailing boats looking across the lake to the golf club house, 17 November 2021

Wimbledon Park is a pleasant place to walk around, including the ancient Horse Close Wood.

The park is part of the Capital Ring Walk:

tfl.gov.uk/modes/walking/capital-ring

See also  “We Walk and Talk – Wimbledon Park”:

facebook.com/groups/wimbledonparkwalkandtalk/

A private members club with with separate sections for cricket, hockey, squash, tennis and fitness suite.

thewimbledonclub.co.uk

A private golf club, formerly with 18 holes. The land has now been acquired by AELTC and the course has been reduced to 9 holes as of January 2022 and is planned to close altogether in 2023.

www.wpgc.co.uk