SW19

Wimbledon

A busy town at the foot of Wimbledon Hill: Victorian and Edwardian streets, a theatre on the Broadway, Wimbledon Park’s lake and one of south-west London’s best-connected stations.

The New Wimbledon Theatre on the Broadway
New Wimbledon Theatre · Matt Brown / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0 · cropped

Short-let homes in this area

Morden Road, South Wimbledon
Morden Road
South Wimbledon
 guests
5 bedrooms
3 bathrooms
Sulgrave Road, Hammersmith
Short let
Sulgrave Road
Brook Green, Hammersmith
10 guests
5 bedrooms
4 bathrooms
Dawes Road, Fulham
Short let
Dawes Road
Fulham
8 guests
4 bedrooms
2 bathrooms
Dawes Road apartment, Fulham
Short let
Dawes Road
Fulham
4 guests
1 bedrooms
1 bathrooms
Tintern Street apartment, Clapham
Short let
Tintern Street
Clapham
4 guests
2 bedrooms
1 bathrooms
Novello Street townhouse, Parsons Green, Fulham
Short let
Novello Street
Parsons Green, Fulham
10 guests
5 bedrooms
3 bathrooms
Novello Street townhouse, Parsons Green, Fulham
Short let
Novello Street
Parsons Green, Fulham
10 guests
5 bedrooms
4 bathrooms
Open-plan kitchen and dining room with garden doors at Gayville Road, Battersea
Short let
Gayville Road
Battersea
4 guests
2 bedrooms
1 bathrooms
Tregunter Road, Chelsea
Short let
Tregunter Road
Chelsea
6 guests
3 bedrooms
2 bathrooms
Novello Street townhouse, Parsons Green, Fulham
Short let
Novello Street
Parsons Green, Fulham
6 guests
3 bedrooms
3 bathrooms

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South West London / Area guide

Living in Wimbledon

A busy town at the foot of Wimbledon Hill: Victorian and Edwardian streets, a theatre on the Broadway, Wimbledon Park’s lake and one of south-west London’s best-connected stations.

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The New Wimbledon Theatre on the Broadway
New Wimbledon Theatre · Matt Brown / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0 · cropped

At a glance

A sense of the neighbourhood

Typical sale price

£435k – £1.06m
Data coming soon
Middle 50% of 466 sales · median £691k · HM Land Registry, Sep 2025 – Aug 2026 · SW19 1, 3, 7, 8

Monthly rent

£1,800 – £2,300 pcm
Data coming soon
Two-bed, middle 50% of recorded rents, SW19 district (includes the Village and Colliers Wood) · ONS, Apr 2025 – Mar 2026
Journey to Waterloo

Journey time

25 minutes
Data coming soon
TfL Journey Planner · Wimbledon to Waterloo, Tue 27 Oct 2026, first train after 08:30

Setting

Town centre and parkland
Data coming soon
Source: Merton Council conservation area assessments · checked 25 October 2026

Postal area

SW19
Data coming soon
Source: Royal Mail postcode areas · sectors SW19 1, 3, 7 and 8, in the London Borough of Merton

Connections

SWR, Thameslink, District line & Tramlink
Data coming soon
Via Wimbledon, Wimbledon Park and South Wimbledon stations · TfL, checked 25 October 2026

Quick answer

What is living in
Wimbledon
like?

Wimbledon’s town centre sits at the foot of Wimbledon Hill, below the Village and the Common, in the London Borough of Merton. The Broadway has the New Wimbledon Theatre and the Polka Theatre, and Wimbledon Quarter holds many of the shops. Hillside rises towards the Village with houses from the 1880s and 1890s, while Wimbledon Park to the north has its lake and the late-Victorian houses of Arthur Road and Leopold Road. The station has South Western Railway, Thameslink, the District line and Tramlink. Walk the routes around each home at different times of day.

Why people love
Wimbledon

A station for everywhere, a park for every day.

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Wimbledon station
Wimbledon station · Doyle of London / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped
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Connections in every direction

South Western Railway, Thameslink, the District line and Tramlink all meet at Wimbledon station.

Wimbledon Park

A Grade II* registered landscape by Capability Brown, with a lake, watersports centre and athletics track.

A theatre town

The New Wimbledon Theatre of 1910 and the Polka children’s theatre both sit on the Broadway.

Landmarks & what it’s famous for

A town shaped by the railway, the park and the stage

Three places to orient yourself: the Edwardian theatre on the Broadway, the park to the north and the Holden station to the south-east.

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The domed facade of the New Wimbledon Theatre
New Wimbledon Theatre · Tim Sheerman-Chase / Wikimedia · CC BY 2.0 · cropped
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Theatre

New Wimbledon Theatre

Opened on Boxing Day 1910 and Grade II listed, with about 1,670 seats and an 80-seat studio.

The Edwardian theatre on the Broadway, a short walk from Wimbledon station.
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The lake in Wimbledon Park
Wimbledon Park Lake · Marathon / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped
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Historic park

Wimbledon Park

Landscaped by Capability Brown for the first Earl Spencer from 1765, with the lake made in 1765–6. Grade II* on Historic England’s register.

The historic park and lake to the north of the town centre.
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The Portland stone facade of South Wimbledon station
South Wimbledon station · TheFrog001 / Wikimedia · CC0 · cropped
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Station

South Wimbledon

Charles Holden’s Portland stone station of 1926 on the Northern line, now Grade II listed.

Charles Holden’s Northern line station on Merton High Street.
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Landmark

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Why people move here

Find the setting that feels like home.

For some, it is a house on Hillside, between the town and the Village. For others, it is a home near Wimbledon Park or a flat a short walk from the station.

A practical shortlist

Compare tenure, lease length, service charges and outdoor space for each property. Then walk the route to the station, see the street at different times of day and check how easily you can reach the parks and the shops you will use.

Local context, not a market forecast

No demand, growth or investment claims are implied. Figures are dated snapshots from public data.

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Houses on Arthur Road, Wimbledon Park
Arthur Road, Wimbledon Park · Des Blenkinsopp / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped
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Neighbourhood pockets

Four ways to find your Wimbledon

Use these local descriptions as starting points, not fixed boundaries. Explore the streets and routes around each home.

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Shops along The Broadway, Wimbledon
The Broadway · David Howard / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped
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The Broadway & town centre

Theatres, Wimbledon Quarter and the station, in the Wimbledon Broadway conservation area. Busy by day, with flats above and behind.

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Wimbledon Hill Road
Wimbledon Hill Road, 1998 · Ben Brooksbank / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Hillside & Wimbledon Hill Road

Mostly 1880s–90s houses on Mansel, Raymond, Malcolm and St Mary’s Roads, in the Wimbledon Hill Road conservation area between the town and the Village.

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Stag Lodge, Wimbledon
Stag Lodge, Wimbledon · Matt Brown / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0 · cropped
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Wimbledon Park & Arthur Road

Late-Victorian Gothic, Italianate and Queen Anne revival houses on Arthur Road and Leopold Road, laid out in the 1870s on former parkland.

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Lawns and trees in South Park Gardens
South Park Gardens · David Anstiss / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped
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South Wimbledon

Towards Merton, around South Wimbledon station and the 1901 South Park Gardens, with the Merton Hall Road conservation area nearby.

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Property market

Understanding
Wimbledon
’s sales market

Ranges come from completed sales recorded by HM Land Registry, matched to EPC floor areas where possible. Compare individual homes on their exact size, tenure, lease length, service charges and setting.

Wimbledon is a mix of town-centre flats, Victorian and Edwardian terraces, and larger houses on Hillside and around Wimbledon Park. Compare individual properties on their exact size, tenure, lease length and street setting.

The right comparison matters.

Compare flats and houses on a like-for-like basis: size, tenure, lease length and street setting all deserve attention. A broad SW19 average is not a valuation of any particular home.

Asking is not achieved

An asking price is the seller’s advertised figure. An achieved price is the completed sale amount. Asking £/sq ft and achieved £/sq ft must use clearly identified, comparable datasets and floor-area methods.

Prices across Merton rose 0.1% in the year to August 2026: flats fell 2.2% and terraced houses rose 1.1% (UK House Price Index). For an individual home, compare it with recent sales of a similar size, type and street.

Flat · studio/1-bed | Under 550 sq ft | Pending approval | — Flat · 2-bed | 550–800 sq ft | Pending approval | — Flat · 2–3 bed | 800–1,100 sq ft | Pending approval | — Flat · 3-bed+ | 1,100+ sq ft | Pending approval | — House · 2–3 bed | Under 1,300 sq ft | Pending approval | — House · 3–4 bed | 1,300–2,000 sq ft | Pending approval | — House · 4–5 bed | 2,000–3,000 sq ft | Pending approval | — Large house | 3,000+ sq ft | Limited data | 4 Flats · price per sq ft | All sizes | Pending approval | — Houses · price per sq ft | All sizes | Pending approval | —
Average achieved sale price
£435k – £1.06m
Awaiting verified data
Asking £/sq ft
Awaiting verified data
Achieved £/sq ft
Awaiting verified data
Sales trends / reporting period
Merton +0.1% in the year to August 2026 (UK House Price Index)
Awaiting verified data
Source:
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (category A, duplicates removed), matched by address to EPC records for 398 of 466 sales · UK House Price Index
pending confirmation
Dataset period:
completions 1 Sep 2025 – 31 Aug 2026 (12 months; latest registered sale 21 Aug 2026)
pending verification
· Area boundary:
postcode sectors SW19 1, 3, 7 and 8
to confirm
Last updated:
October 25, 2026
awaiting verified update
· Sample size and methodology:
size bands and £/sq ft use only EPC-matched sales and are awaiting methodology approval; bedrooms are estimated from floor area, not recorded; recent months are incomplete because sales take time to register
pending

Rental market

Renting in
Wimbledon
, with a clearer picture

Compare the home, the tenancy and the full monthly cost. Ranges show the middle 50% of rents actually recorded by the ONS, not advertised asking rents.

Studio / monthly rent
£1,200 – £1,400 pcm
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One-bedroom home / monthly rent
£1,500 – £1,850 pcm
Awaiting verified data
Two-bedroom home / monthly rent
£1,800 – £2,300 pcm
Awaiting verified data
Three-bedroom home / monthly rent
£2,250 – £3,400 pcm
Awaiting verified data
Four+ bedroom home / monthly rent
£3,050 – £5,000 pcm
Room in a shared house / monthly rent
£745 – £920 pcm
Rental yield
Awaiting verified data
Recorded rents (ONS)
Studio 20 · 1-bed 180 · 2-bed 380 · 3-bed 150 · 4+ bed 60 · rooms 30
Availability & rental trends
Awaiting verified data
Source:
ONS private rental market statistics, postcode district SW19 · room rents are Merton-wide, as only 10 were recorded in SW19
pending confirmation
Dataset period:
Apr 2025 – Mar 2026
pending verification
· Area boundary:
SW19 district, wider than the guide area (it includes Wimbledon Village and Colliers Wood)
to confirm
Last updated:
October 25, 2026
awaiting verified update
· Sample size and methodology:
ranges show the middle 50% of recorded rents; small sample: the studio range rests on 20 recorded rents; 4+ bed includes five bedrooms and more; the ONS rounds counts to the nearest 10
pending

Choose for the life you’ll lead.

When renting in Wimbledon, think about whether you want to be near the station, on Hillside or close to Wimbledon Park, and how you will get to work. The condition of the property, outdoor space and layout all matter.

Always review the full monthly costs, including any additional fees, and carefully examine the tenancy terms. If you are letting rooms, check licensing first: larger HMOs need a mandatory licence, and many councils license smaller ones too.

Yield is indicative, not investment advice: median recorded rent against the median achieved price for a similar-sized flat, or house for 4+ bed. It is not an achieved yield. Figures await methodology approval.

Schools

Start your school research here

A starting shortlist, not a recommendation or an admissions guarantee. School details, phases and policies are subject to checking.

Wimbledon Park Primary School

State / primary · Havana Road

Verify admission year and policy directly with the school and Merton Council.

Catchment or distance does not guarantee a place.

Check current report

Source: school website

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Dundonald Primary School

State / primary · Dundonald Road

Verify admission year and policy directly with the school and Merton Council.

Catchment or distance does not guarantee a place.

Check current report

Source: school website

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Ricards Lodge High School

State / girls’ secondary & sixth form · Lake Road

Verify admission year and policy directly with the school.

Catchment or distance does not guarantee a place.

Check current report

Source: school website

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Wimbledon High School GDST

Independent / girls, ages 4–19 · Mansel Road

Verify admission year and policy directly with the school.

Catchment or distance does not guarantee a place.

Check current report

Source: school website

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Always check the current admissions year, oversubscription criteria and application deadlines directly. Independent and state schools may use different inspection and admissions arrangements.

Transport & commuting

Several ways into the city

Plan the journey from the home, not just the station. Live times, service frequencies and routes must be checked with TfL and the relevant operator.

South Western Railway

Wimbledon

South Western Railway trains to London Waterloo, plus Thameslink, the District line and Tramlink.

Journey time

25 min to Waterloo · TfL, weekday from 08:30
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TfL Journey Planner
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TfL

Wimbledon Park

District line, north of the town centre. Often closer from Arthur Road and Wimbledon Park.

Journey time

Plan your route with TfL
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TfL Journey Planner
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TfL

South Wimbledon

Northern line, Morden branch, on Merton High Street. Useful from the south-east of the area.

Journey time

Plan your route with TfL
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TfL Journey Planner
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TfL

Buses

Routes 57, 93, 131, 156, 163, 164, 200, 219 and 493 serve Wimbledon station. Check TfL for live information.

Journey time

Plan your route with TfL
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TfL Journey Planner
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TfL

Tramlink

Trams run from Wimbledon through Croydon to Beckenham Junction and Elmers End. Check TfL for current services.

Journey time

Plan your route with TfL
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TfL Journey Planner
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Local route guidance

Walking

Wimbledon Park and South Park Gardens are within walking distance of the town centre, and Wimbledon Common is up the hill beyond the Village.

Journey time

Plan your route with TfL
Awaiting verified data
TfL Journey Planner
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Connection schematic / not to scale

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Wimbledon
Waterloo
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South Western Railway

Also at Wimbledon station

Thameslink · District line · Tramlink

Diagram shows connections only, not geographic position, stops or service frequency.

Source: TfL Journey Planner · South Western Railway · reviewed 25 Oct 2026.

Eat, drink & shop

A few places to make your own

A Young’s pub on Wimbledon Hill Road, the town’s main shopping centre and a children’s theatre café: simple starting points for exploring local life in Wimbledon.

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The Alexandra pub on Wimbledon Hill Road
The Alexandra · Matt Brown / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0 · cropped
Illustrative image · location approval pending

Pub / Wimbledon Hill Road

The Alexandra

A Young’s pub with a roof terrace at 33 Wimbledon Hill Road, near the station. Check opening hours directly.

Eat, drink & shop
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Shopfronts in a London town centre
Editorial image, not Wimbledon Quarter · David Howard / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Shopping / Queen’s Road

Wimbledon Quarter

The former Centre Court Shopping Centre, renamed in 2023, with M&S, Oliver Bonas and Mildreds among its tenants. Check the store directory.

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Polka Theatre on The Broadway
Polka Theatre · Marathon / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped
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Theatre café / Broadway

Polka Theatre

A children’s theatre at 240 The Broadway with a café, play spaces and a shop. Check opening times before visiting.

Eat, drink & shop
wimbledon

Editorial shortlist, not a rating or review. Source: venue / centre websites and local editorial · details and last checked date awaiting verification.

Parks & outdoors

The outdoors becomes part of the everyday.

With Wimbledon Park to the north and Wimbledon Common up the hill, the town has generous green space within easy reach.

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Wimbledon Park Lake
Wimbledon Park Lake · Dr Neil Clifton / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped
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Local green spaces

Wimbledon Park

27 hectares of public park with a lake, watersports centre, athletics track, tennis and water play. Check Merton Council for facilities.

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Paths and lawns in South Park Gardens
South Park Gardens · David Anstiss / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped
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Local green spaces

South Park Gardens

A park on Dudley Road, opened in 1901 and restored in 2008–09, with a café kiosk. Check opening times before visiting.

Parks & outdoors
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Sources: Merton Council, Historic England · checked 25 Oct 2026.

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Wimbledon

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FAQs

Your
Wimbledon
questions, answered

A few useful starting points. Speak to our local team for advice on a specific home.

What is living in Wimbledon like?

Wimbledon combines a busy town centre and well-connected station with Hillside’s Victorian streets and Wimbledon Park to the north. Explore the exact street and everyday routes around each home.

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Which stations serve Wimbledon?

Wimbledon station has South Western Railway, Thameslink, the District line and Tramlink, with Wimbledon Park (District) and South Wimbledon (Northern) nearby. For accurate journey times, check the TfL website or a journey planner.

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What green spaces are nearby?

Wimbledon Park is to the north, South Park Gardens to the south-east and Wimbledon Common is up the hill beyond the Village. We recommend checking access and opening times for each location.

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What should families check about schools?

Families should review the current admissions policy, year group availability and latest inspection reports for schools in the area. School places are not guaranteed by proximity alone, so confirm eligibility directly with the school or local authority.

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How should I compare local property prices?

Compare properties on a like-for-like basis, considering type, size, condition and tenure. Asking prices and achieved prices can vary, and we advise against relying on unverified figures. Our local team can provide a more accurate market view.

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Can South West Shared help me sell or let?

Yes. Speak with South West Shared about your property and plans, whether you are considering selling or letting in Wimbledon. The team can explain the next steps for a sales or lettings valuation.

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Wimbledon
. Choose the conversation that is right for you.

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