Video of today's protest by @savewimbledonpark to stop the expansion of the AELTC onto the former Wimbledon Golf Course which they promised on to build on when they bought the freehold in 1993. It is also meant to be protected Metropolitan Open Land

Save Wimbledon Park demonstrators gather by the queue on the first day of the Wimbledon Championships to protest plans to expand

The Standard | 29 June 2026 | Megan Howe Thousands of tennis fans joined the Wimbledon queue the morning, including protesters from Save Wimbledon Park. Campaigners from Save Wimbledon Park Protesting on Opening Day | Mike Egerton / PA Wire Protesters from Save Wimbledon Park (SWP) were among the crowd in the queue today, as tennis fans waited for tickets on day one of the Wimbledon Championships. Dressed as tennis balls and holding large placards which read "AELTC can you 'e

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Dear Wimbledon You launched your development plans for the Wimbledon Park Estate five long years ago and the local community has been trying to have a meaningful discussion with you ever since. You were quoted in a national newspaper when announcing the project, “Any future development proposals will…importantly be delivered in partnership with the local community.” You agreed to Merton Council’s covenants not to build on this listed green site. The list of misleading stateme

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Our recent public meetings in Southfields and Wimbledon were very well attended – thank you to everyone who joined us. At the meetings, we provided an update on progress and the legal situation in opposing the current plans put forward by the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC). We continue to believe that AELTC should pause and reconsider its proposals. Local architect Ken McFarlane and tennis “master planner” Richard Rees presented their alternative proposals for the forme

Putney News 26th April 2026 Kieren McCarthy The architect who designed Wimbledon in the 1990s on what the approved expansion gets wrong, and how to fix it. This week, Richard Rees stood up in St Mark’s Church in Wimbledon and told 150 supporters of the Save Wimbledon Park movement what he thought of the All England Club’s approved plans to expand the world’s most famous tennis tournament. He was not polite. Rees is not a campaigner or a local resident. He is what is termed a

YOU ARE INVITED TO A PUBLIC MEETING: Save Wimbledon Park (SWP) would like to update you on progress made in opposing the current plans put forward by the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC): SWP believes that AELTC should stop and think again. It’s been a busy few weeks with court cases and the intervention of the House Of Lords, whilst still to come are the local elections and their impact on the restrictive 1993 covenants. There is much to say! At these meetings local arch

Putney News | 20 March 2026 | Kieren McCarthy Planning challenge, Lords amendment and Merton covenant all unresolved after Thursday’s ruling. "The All England Lawn Tennis Club won yesterday’s High Court ruling by a wider margin than almost anyone expected. But Save Wimbledon Park’s response, issued within hours, reveals a fight that now has more fronts than a single court case, and one of those fronts moves to the House of Lords within weeks. Yesterday’s judgment resolved on

Save Wimbledon Park Ltd. | Press Release | 19 March 2026 There was disappointment for Save Wimbledon Park Ltd (SWP) and its supporters as the High Court ruled that the golf course land in Wimbledon Park is not subject to a statutory public recreation trust (under the Public Health Act 1875). Accordingly, the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) is not bound by any restrictions, resulting from such trust, which might impede the massive expansion of its estate onto that land.