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Comprehensive Press Coverage regarding SWP Legal Action !
There has been comprehensive press coverage in the last week since Save Wimbledon Park announced that we have started legal action to...
Jan 9


Save Wimbledon Park Takes Action !
When in September 2024 the GLA decided to approve the plans of the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) to develop Wimbledon Park, the...
Dec 11, 2024


The Save Wimbledon Park Group Continues its Fight With AELTC Over Their Development Proposals
Following the decision by the GLA on September 27 to allow planning to proceed on the heritage parkland, the campaign group, first...
Nov 16, 2024


Architect's Journal: Astragal: Coronation Street’s Lily Dempsey rallies to save Wimbledon Park
Architect's Journal | 25 October 2024 | Astragal "A former TV soap star has kicked up a racquet over Allies and Morrison’s Wimbledon expansion plans" "Thelma Ruby, who appeared as Lily Dempsey in ITV’s Coronation Street in the 90s, is now the star of the Save Wimbledon Park campaign. She says she is ready to rally over the ‘evil plan’, insisting she will chain herself to a tree and face arrest before she sees work commence on the Grand Slam site. The All England Lawn Tennis
Oct 30, 2024


Wimbledon Community Forum Wednesday 9th October 7:15pm Will Include Save Wimbledon Park Speakers - Please Attend and Show Your Support !
The next Merton organised "Wimbledon Community Forum" will be held on Wednesday 9th October 2024, 7:15pm at the Mansel Road Centre,...
Oct 8, 2024


Save Wimbledon Park Response to the Decision by the GLA Deputy Mayor for Planning to Approve the AELTC Planning Application
We are naturally disappointed by the decision taken on Friday by GLA Deputy Mayor Jules Pipe to accept his officer’s report and approve...
Sep 30, 2024


Large Attendance at Save Wimbledon Park Meeting at St Barnabas Church Following Publication Of GLA Planning Officers’ Report + Slides from Meeting
23rd September 2024. Large Attendance at Save Wimbledon Park Local residents came out in force to hear the Save Wimbledon...
Sep 24, 2024


Time & Leisure: Save Wimbledon Park Campaign Continues
Time & Leisure | 22 July 2024 | Ellie Holmes "Susan Cusack, SW19 resident and one of the spokespersons for Save Wimbledon Park (SWP) on...
Jul 23, 2024


Save Wimbledon General Election 2024 – Every Picture Tells a Story
All of the general election candidates in the constituencies of Putney and Wimbledon have been contacted where possible to join us for a...
Jun 25, 2024


Save Wimbledon Park Candidate Support - General Election 2024
We appreciate that the general election is a matter of national significance. The results of the election will determine the future...
Jun 25, 2024


The London Society: Protecting Our Green Spaces - Save Wimbledon Park Campaign
The London Society has featured this article on their website blog : Protecting Our Green Spaces - Save Wimbledon Park Campaign .
Jun 23, 2024


SWP urges the GLA to refuse the AELTC application to create an Industrial Tennis Complex at Wimbledon Park
The AELTC’s application to develop the former Wimbledon Park Golf Course is now being considered by the GLA. Save Wimbledon Park (SWP)...
Jun 10, 2024


The Standard: "Campaigners brand Wimbledon's revised expansion plans 'an insult'"
The Standard | 10 May 2024 | Matt Majendie "Extra four acres of public parkland deemed “tiny” ahead of Greater London Authority decision...
May 11, 2024


Wimbledon plans are damaging to local area – they must change. The Times 29 March 2024
Double Fault...
Mar 29, 2024


Sports Gazette: Fleur Anderson MP and campaigner Simon Wright put forward their cases in favour of Save Wimbledon Park
Sports Gazette : Fleur Anderson MP | 25 March 2024 | William Thurtle "The Wimbledon expansion plan would triple the size of the current AELTC grounds - but it's completely divided local residents. Fleur Anderson MP and local resident campaigner Simon Wright put forward their cases in favour of Save Wimbledon Park in this report by William Thurtle." ... read more about Sports Gazette: Fleur Anderson MP
Mar 27, 2024


Save Wimbledon Park Response (January 2024) to AELTC Christmas 2023 Update
16 January 2024 | Save Wimbledon Park Dear Planning at GLA, Wandsworth and Merton, We wish to highlight the fact that residents in...
Jan 16, 2024


New Year Message from the Save Wimbledon Park Campaign Group
Save Wimbledon Park (SWP) still has much to do in 2024 but 2023 had plenty of successes. Our campaign petition on Change.org now has over...
Dec 31, 2023


BRIEFING PAPER FROM SAVE WIMBLEDON PARK ON AELTC PLANNING APPLICATION (21/P2900)
BRIEFING PAPER FROM SAVE WIMBLEDON PARK ON PLANNING APPLICATION (21/P2900) (THE ALL ENGLAND LAWN TENNIS CLUB (AELTC) AND THE FORMER GOLF...
Nov 29, 2023


Delivered SWP Petition to Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan with 16,145 Signatures to Save Wimbledon Park
Delivered SWP Petition to Mayor of London Mr. Sadiq Khan Mayor of London 24th November 2023 Kamal Chunchie Way London E16 1ZE Re:...
Nov 25, 2023


i news: Inside Wimbledon’s £200m headache as angry residents promise to derail expansion
i news | 23 November 2023 | James Gray | Sports News Correspondent Inside Wimbledon’s £200m headache as angry residents promise to derail expansion "Powerful group of locals with 'all the skill sets' tell i about their campaign to kibosh the construction of 38 new tennis courts and an 8,000-seater stadium as All England Club seeks to grow" "Wimbledon’s £200m expansion plans have set them at loggerheads with local residents in a dispute that has encompassed a leading 18th-cen
Nov 23, 2023
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