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The Observer: "Concerns over funding for grassroots tennis emerge as Wimbledon revenue soars"
The Observer | 5 July 2025 | Matt Hughes "Some feel the tournament could be run more efficiently despite 90% of the profits from The...
Jul 8
The Guardian: "‘It’s going a bit too far’: locals criticise Wimbledon expansion plans before judicial review"
The Guardian | 7th July 2025 | Geneva Abdul "Campaigners are challenging planning approval granted last year for scheme to develop 39...
Jul 7
Fault! : SWP’s notable supporter and advocate Andy Hamilton shares his reflections on the battle to Save Wimbledon Park from AELTC development
Comedy Writer, Andy Hamilton FAULT!! Wimbledon’s plan must be called out as it crosses every line, writes Andy Hamilton It’s that time of...
Jul 7
SWP Press Release: Campaigners set to challenge Wimbledon’s ‘unlawful’ expansion plans at the High Court
A campaign group fighting against ‘unlawful’ plans to expand the Wimbledon tennis grounds will take its case to the High Court next week....
Jul 4
Front Office Sports: "The Battle Over Wimbledon ’s Ambitious Expansion Plan"
Front Office Sports | 30 June 2025 | Mike Jakeman Battle Over Wimbledon: "Wimbledon wants to triple its footprint. The plan has sparked a...
Jul 2
BBC News: Campaigners raise £200k to fight Wimbledon plans
BBC News | 19 June 2025 | Chris Slegg, Olivia Demetriades "Campaigners raise £200k to fight Wimbledon plans" "A campaign group fighting...
Jun 19
Clapham Junction Insider: "Wimbledon: In a David vs Goliath battle, what is the price for democracy?"
Clapham Junction Insider | 7 April 2025 | Cyril Richert "...David vs Goliath...Local residents are fighting to protect Wimbledon Park...
Apr 9
SWP response to Telegraph's Simon Briggs: “Wimbledon desperately needs to expand to catch up with sprawling Australian Open”
Simon Briggs (The Telegraph, 27 January 2025) noting the 1.1million attendance at this year’s “sprawling” Australian Open, suggests that...
Jan 30
Mail Online: Wimbledon's £200m expansion plans set to be decided in court as angry local residents launch legal action against club's proposal...an extremely uncomfortable position
Mail Online | 6 January 2025 | Matthew Lambert "......for a club which prides itself on being a jewel in the crown of its community, to...
Jan 11
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...
Oct 30, 2024
Mail Online: Actress, 99, says she will chain herself to a tree to stop Wimbledon from carrying out £200million expansion, declaring 'let them arrest me'
Mail Online | 16 October 2024 | Lettice Bromovsky "An actress has declared that she will chain herself to a tree to prevent the All...
Oct 16, 2024
MyLondon: Wimbledon residents fear 8 years of tennis expansion disruption and overwhelmed Tube stations
MyLondon | 17 August 2024 | Harrison Galliven Local Democracy Reporter “We’re not anti-tennis.” To anyone who has interacted with the...
Aug 17, 2024
NRC: Wimbledon versus the neighbourhood: a five-setter in the making
(translated from original Dutch article in NRC) NRC | 4 July 2024 | Danielle Pinedo "Wimbledon announced in 2021 that the tennis...
Jul 25, 2024
Zeit Online: How Wimbledon wants to stay the most important tennis tournament in the world
Zeit Online | 13 July 2024 | Florian Goosmann (Translated) (This article has been translated from the original German publication)...
Jul 23, 2024
The Telegraph: Wimbledon Hit by Protests on Opening Day
The Telegraph | 1 July 2024 "Campaigners against Wimbledon's expansion...protests as bumper crowd's arrived for the opening day's...
Jul 2, 2024
The Guardian: Artists Target Wimbledon’s ‘Strawberries and Cream Image’ Over Link to Barclays
The Guardian | 1 July 2024 | Sammy Gecsoyler Spoof ads with tennis players appear near club in protest against sponsor’s ties to fossil...
Jul 2, 2024
Financial Times: Wimbledon Seeks Advantage in Quest to Expand Prestigious Site
Financial Times | 30 June 2024 (Paywall) This article is behind a paywall: "Wimbledon Seeks Advantage in Quest to Expand Prestigious Site".
Jun 30, 2024
The Mirror: Wimbledon Future Unclear Amid Argument Over Expansion Plans As Mayor of London Steps In
The Mirror | 30 June 2024 | Felix Keith "All eyes will be on the courts at the All England Lawn Tennis Club when Wimbledon returns for a...
Jun 30, 2024
Sunday Times "Battle for Wimbledon" - highlights some issues on development (with inaccuracies)
The Sunday Times | 29 June 2024 This Sunday Times article "Battle for Wimbledon..." (behind a paywall) highlights some of the issues on...
Jun 30, 2024
Private Eye: Wimbledon Expansion - Open Season
Private Eye | June 2024 With Wimbledon looming, the All England Lawn Tennis Club is in full lobbying-mode for its plan to build an ...
Jun 20, 2024
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