Wimbledon Accomadations? Help!
 

Hello~<BR><BR>My husband and I are going to Wimbledon (just decided) and we are trying to decide if we will stay in Wimbledon or Central London. Has anyone gone and stayed in both places and have opinions about what option is best. We are looking to pay about $150.00 a night. Thank you so much!<BR><BR>Julie

If you mean the wimbledon tennis tournament, then that is actually in southfields which just so happens to be where I live. There are no hotels in Southfields which is a one horse town (currently missing it's horse). The nearest are in Wimbledon or putney (easily accessible but heavily booked).<BR><BR>Some of my neighbours make an annual killing letting out their houses. But for more than you are planning to pay I'm afraid.<BR><BR>Other than the tennis there isn't much to see in Wimbledon (tennis museum, common, old village and wombles).<BR><BR>It is very easy to get to the tennis from central london, just go to southfields on the district line. It's a short walk from there.<BR><BR>Feel free to contact me if you want more details.

hi<BR><BR>this may be close-ish - Travel Inn Putney Bridge. should be 75 pounds a night.<BR><BR>If you are going to this year's Wimbledon though, good luck. you might have to take what you can get! it's only 2 months away.<BR><BR>what else do you plan to do in London?<BR><BR>check out<BR><BR>www.londontown.com for hotel deals.<BR><BR>have fun!!<BR><BR>Beth

I wouldn't stay in Wimbledon, I'd stay in Central London and tube it.<BR><BR>But if you haven't already got tickets then you've got no chance (unless you can wangle some corporate tickets from somewhere).<BR><BR>Getting tickets is like buying a lottery ticket. You put your name forward and take your chances. The draw has just been done (and I've got tickets for the middle Saturday - fab)

Thank you so much for your responses....we have a connection for tickets. :) <BR><BR>We found a cute b&b in wimbledon and no we just have to decide if we should stay there or in Central Londen or a little of both. We are going for 8 nights ,..Should we split it up...5 in Wimb. and 3 in Victoria Station. Thoughts?

Hi<BR>No reflection on David's home town, but I recommend staying in London, although your hotel options just in terms of price at that very busy time of year may be limited now.<BR>I was lucky enough to go to see the tennis a number of years ago, and I still preferred staying in London and tubing back and forth. If weather postpones play on any day, you can not go to W. at all, or head back into London and do something else. I also don't like moving from hotel to hotel if I can help it, but that's me.

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Are you kidding $150.00, not enough money for London

We will be in London 6/14-19 and have rented an apartment, which is cheaper than a hotel. There were 2 apts. in SE of London - [email protected] -that were $300 for the week. You may want to check them out.

Julie,<BR>I would recommend staying at a B&B or a hotel near Victoria Station. <BR><BR>There is a Quality Inn and a Holiday Inn very close by, and they definitely fit your price requirements.<BR><BR>Also, there are quite a few reasonably priced B&Bs in the Victoria area.<BR><BR>This is a very safe area with a great location. <BR><BR>I stay near Victoria every time I'm in London because it's so convenient.<BR><BR>Tim

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Our last trip there was 5 years ago so things may have changed. We stayed at a B&B (Redfern?) and took the train to Wimbledon. Very easy and a short walk to the tennis. Our friends had seats center court but we had none and qued (sp?) but no problem.We wandered around and watched a few matches. We met our friends for the obligatory strawberries and cream (well the guys had Pimms cups) and as the day had become rather warm a lot of the ticket holders in Center Court had left. We went back with our friends and spent the rest of the day there.On our way back to the station we were very hungry and could not see any place to eat. Just before we got back to the station- we had a stone wall to our right, the tennis courts behind us and the station ahead- we saw an ad on the stone wall for a restaurant around the corner. What a find !! Great food and courtyard as well as indoor seating. Wish I could remember the name.

That restaurant is called suzies. It is very nice. Busy as can bei n tennis fotrnight though.

To David...Thank you so much for the name. I have tried to tell friends about it but now it will be much easier with a name. We must have just been lucky as we went right in and had a lovely courtyard table and good food. Thanks again

Is obtaining tickets that difficult? I was hoping just to turn up and get four centre court tickets! I have heard that if you are prepared to queue early on middle saturday there is a chance!!?

I'm traveling to Sweden and considering a layover in London July 5-7, for Wimbledon. I know that court tickets are an impossibility -- but I recall seeing on TV a couple of years ago, unlucky queuers who didn't get in, they were sitting on a lawn outside the court, watching the play on big-screen TV. Is this possible? Do you have to pay to sit there? I found no info on wimbeldon.org. Ta!

If you're not one of the lucky ones with advanced tickets, and still want to go, you have two choices:<BR><BR>1. Queue up outside very early in the morning or even overnight and buy a ground admission ticket (costs about 8 - 10 pounds from memory). OK, you have to be very keen indeed to do this. However, you can then watch the tennis directly on the outside courts or see the show court matches on the big screen at Orangi Park (sp?).<BR><BR>2. Arrive about 4pm, buy a ground admission ticket as before and then queue up again once inside at the re-sold tickets counter for a ticket to Centre Court or Court No 1. As many of the corporate hospitality clientele will have disappeared by late afternoon it's possible to see a further 2 to 3 hours of top class tennis this way. <BR><BR>Please bear in mind that Wimbledon is heavily over-subscribed when the weather is fine and the grounds are oftern closed when full capacity is reached. Also, you'll have little chance of getting into a show court without advanced tickets if there is any British player on court...