A Walk Around Wimbledon Village During the 2021 Championships - 4K walking tours

Wimbledon is a district and town of southwest London, England, 7.0 miles (11.3 km) southwest of the centre of London at Charing Cross, in the London Borough of Merton. It is home to the Wimbledon Tennis Championships and New Wimbledon Theatre, and contains Wimbledon Common, one of the largest areas of common land in London. The residential and retail area is split into two sections known as the "village" and the "town", with the High Street being the rebuilding of the original medieval village, and the "town" having first developed gradually after the building of the railway station in 1838. The houses in the Village side of Wimbledon are very large and generally very expensive for an area so far away from central London. This naturally attracts the wealthy to reside own property here. In the 1870s, at the bottom of the hill on land between the railway line and Worple Road, the All-England Croquet Club had begun to hold its annual championships. But the popularity of croquet was waning as the new sport of lawn tennis began to spread, and after initially setting aside just one of its lawns for tennis, the club decided to hold its first Lawn Tennis Championship in July 1877. By 1922, the popularity of tennis had grown to the extent that the club's small ground could no longer cope with the numbers of spectators and the renamed All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club moved to new grounds close to Wimbledon Park. I actually had the privalage of working at the Championships this year so was able to explore the area a bit. Timestamps (00:00) - St Mary's Road (02:27) - Belvedere Drive (03:36) - Belvedere Avenue (04:48) - Highbury Road (07:14) - St Mary's Road (10:27) - Church Road (12:41) - Somerset Road (14:47) - Marryat Road (17:08) - Burghley Road Help the Channel - If you liked this video please do leave a like and subscribe to the channel. Donations are also very helpful, these help with buying better equipment to shoot higher quality videos. I am currently saving up for a better microphone. Paypal - https://paypal.me/RehabilitateApp?loc... Other London Walkers You Should Check Out - LADmob - UNSEEN walks Hung Henniges Urban Walking Experience Joolz Guides - London History Walks - Travel Films Sanpo Stroll