Wimbledon Park - not only the green mass at Wimbledon, but also a quiet suburb, built up a typical English red-brick houses to the south and east of the park. The park area of ​​27 hectares is through the Church Road from the famous All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, and takes over the part of his glory - here are the excellent tennis courts.

This place has always been attractive for Londoners because of its beauty: The park lies in a beautiful valley. For centuries, the rich landowners built luxury homes here and invest in the development of the landscape. In 1280 there already was a manor, wine from local vineyards intended for the Archbishop of Canterbury. The first truly big house here built a Lord High Treasurer of England Sir Thomas Cecil - it happened in 1588, when Britain was saved from the invasion of the Spanish "Armada". Park at the time was closed to outsiders, the deer grazing in the forest. Lake was not there, but there were eight ponds. A great place for hunting.

In 1638 King Charles I bought the estate for the Queen Mary. Two years later, during the Civil War, a lot of trees in the park were cut down for the construction of the fleet Cromwell, poachers killed the deer. After the war, he regained the crown estate and sold it. Each owner reworked park to your liking, until he fell into the hands of Earl Spencer. Count invited the famous landscape architect Capability Brown (nicknamed kapabiliti, "opportunity", because the enthusiasm with which he pointed out to the customer on the possibility of his land) to convert the English Renaissance Park natural style. At the site of the old marsh duct Brown made a big lake, paved new avenues.

In the XIX century, near the park started construction of luxury houses. During the First World of the Wimbledon Park turned into a pigsty: the country was in need of food. In 1918, a pigsty visited Queen Consort Maria and photographed with one of the pigs - Photos stored in the local museum, both characters are smiling.

In 1926 the park was opened courts. In 1993, they, despite the objections of residents bought All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. Privatization inspired residents of the district courts to the creation of a public organization for the protection of Wimbledon Park. Now he is in excellent condition: old oak trees grow here, walking on the lake sailing and canoeing, all around ducks, geese, swans. The lake is well caught carp can be caught.

After Wimbledon Park passes amazing track - Capital Ring, pedestrian route length of 120 kilometers. He runs through the suburban green area, so that fans can walk around the whole of London paths and meadows.