What is the Wimbledon Park Project?

The transformation of the former Wimbledon Park Golf Course has been designed with two core objectives in mind:

to maintain The Championships at the pinnacle of sport, by bringing Qualifying to SW19.
to provide year-round substantial public benefit to those who live locally to the Grounds.

These proposals have been developed with the highest level of appreciation for the history and heritage of the existing landscape.

The proposals will result in an additional 38 grass courts, as well as a new Show Court, allowing the AELTC to bring the Wimbledon Qualifying event on-site for the first time.

These will mean that Wimbledon can remain as the world’s premier tennis tournament, with all the associated substantial social and economic benefits that the event brings, locally, for London and nationally.

Community benefits

A new, 23 acre public park converted from a private golf course, previously inaccessible for the last 100 years constructed and annually maintained at Wimbledon’s expense to a 50 per cent increase in green space that is open to the public.
A new, four acre public park at the northern entrance to the site, adjacent to the entrance to the existing Wimbledon Park. The proposed northern parkland will be accessible year-round, outside of the Qualifying Competition and The Championships.
Restoration of the rapidly deteriorating lake with recreation of some of the original Capability Brown features and the creation of a new 3km boardwalk for the public along the lake’s perimeter. This is together with over £8m of further improvements to the existing public park to include refurbished boat house, improved toilets and several other benefits.
A minimum of seven new Championship standard grass tennis courts open for community use.
1500 new trees and a significant increase to the extent and quality of biodiversity across the land. Expert analysis indicates there will be a measurable biodiversity net gain of at least 10 per cent. For more information on the work done in relation to trees and biodiversity on the land, click here.
Increased provision of tickets to the Championships to the local community and schools.
The projected economic boost to London from The Championships is expected to exceed £300million, both in direct and indirect impacts, once the project is completed. This is alongside the creation of more than 250 new jobs for The Championships, as well as many hundreds of jobs throughout the project’s construction phase.

Local support and consultation

We have undertaken very significant levels of consultation with residents, online and face to face.

More than 10,000 people have attended both virtual and in-person events, which have included more than 140 guided tours of the proposed new southern parkland. This is one of the most extensive consultations of any major development project in recent years.