Wimbledon, London
Wimbledon is an area in South-West London in the London Borough of Merton. It is best known for the Wimbledon tennis championships, the fictional Wombles (of Wimbledon Common) and as the former home of the professional football club Wimbledon F.C.
Wimbledon FC played their home games outside of Wimbledon after the closure of their Plough Lane ground in 1991, and in September 2003 the club relocated to Milton Keynes, about 50 miles north. As soon as The Football Association approved this move in May 2002, former Wimbledon FC supporters founded the semi-professional AFC Wimbledon, and support in Wimbledon overwhelmingly shifted to AFCW.
Nearest places:
Nearest tube stations:
- Wimbledon Park tube station
- Wimbledon tube station
- South Wimbledon tube station
Nearest railway stations:
- Raynes Park railway station
- Wimbledon Chase railway station
- Wimbledon railway station
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