The Wimbledon Society

17/06/2026

🌿 Music in the Park – Sunday 28 June 🎶
Join us 3–5pm at the John Innes Park bandstand as we welcome back the fantastic Merton Concert Band.
This popular afternoon raises funds for planting, maintenance and park improvements by the Friends of John Innes Park.
Bring a chair and picnic (no barbecues) and enjoy a relaxing summer concert!

13/06/2026

Tooting Bec Lido Calling all Artists :
The Lido are thrilled to announce that the Lido art calendar and art sale is back for 2027! Artworks will go on show for sale this November, with a opening night on the 19th and open day on the 20th. Details at

We are thrilled to announce that the Lido art calendar is coming back for 2027! Artworks will be sold at an event in the Lido Pavilion this November, with an opening night on the 19th and open day on the 20th.

10/06/2026

Well done to Big Yellow for their commitment to supporting charity partners through meaningful work placements. We are grateful for their assistance in storing our Wimbledon Society books and other resources.

09/06/2026

Contractors on site now, felling 53 healthy trees near Ancient Woodland on AELTC development site next to club house and Home Park Road (application via the architects for the development which does not have active planning permission).

Sustainability ?? Meet with our experts to explain why you are felling FIFTY THREE TREES BEFORE you do it!!!

*picture is of other site on same land, not this current project in action NOW!!

09/06/2026

We are almost lost for words ….

This new missive from AELTC says:

“Our aim is to have and advocate for a positive environmental impact.

We will do this by:

- Reducing emissions from our operations to ‘net zero’ by 2030
- Being a more resource-efficient organisation
- Making a positive contribution to nature
- Using our influence to inspire wider action”

While flattening *Metropolitan Open Land, the inner London equivalent of Green Belt land.

What does this even MEAN?!!

Please see criticisms of BNG generally and specifically in relation to the un-scrutinized submissions to the GLA which experts assess as actually a 36% loss.

If you’ve been to Wimbledon you’ll know that it’s almost all concrete and hard standing - even the courts are a thin layer of grass on top of hard surface.

The new development plans are no better.

Surely, SURELY someone’s going to call this out?

Or is this what they mean by “using their influence”…?

*for the pedants in comments.

06/06/2026

03/06/2026

Calling all dog owners and dog walkers - Can you help us with our dog-walking survey?
The team on the Commons are looking to better understand how people use Wimbledon Common, Putney Heath and Putney Lower Common when walking their dogs

The team at WPCC is looking to better understand how visitors use the Commons when walking their dogs. If you walk here with your dog, we would be grateful if you could take five minutes to complete this survey.  The survey is anonymous, and the information provided will help us build a clearer...

03/06/2026

TfL admits its District Line Wimbledon branch crisis data isn't ready and won't be published before the 2026 Championships begin. Putney.news investigation.

02/06/2026

🎶 Lift Off 2026 is back! 🎶
Merton Music Foundation’s summer festival returns—bigger than ever for its 3rd year.
📅 Sat 4 July, 4–8pm
📍 Merton Abbey Primary School, SW19
Come along for great music and community vibes!

Lift Off Festival 2026 Lift Off Festival 2026 MMF Youth Council's summer festival "Lift Off" is back! Scroll down to register your act ⬇️ Lift Off festival is back again this summer. Our Youth Council's summer music event is returning for it's 3rd successive year

02/06/2026

Wimbledon Park is one of the most highly protected possible - Grade II* listed Metropolitan Open land and a registered Park & Garden with Historic England. The history is long and impressive.

It’s also the site of the remnants of Ancient Woodland, that volunteers fight hard to protect and nurse back.

Part of that Ancient Woodland, Ashen Close Wood, lies on the site of the development planned by AELTC (the rest of the site including veteran trees throughout, up to 500 years old).

While a plan is supposedly in place to “ringfence” particular trees amidst the 38 tennis courts and 1000s of visitors, we know that Ancient Woodlands do not operate as individual trees but an eco system, dependent and interrelated.

We also know that AELTC have made promises before that they had no intention to keep. Like developing the historic landscape at all (promising in purchase but clearly never intending to honour that).

The “inconvenient truth” is that once gone, these precious things are gone forever.

SWP want AELTC to stop, listen and engage with the community that they have so steadfastly ignored. There IS no truth to the idea that their plan is the only plan ..

See our website (link in bio) for the facts.