Critical Wimbledon Park vote in the Lords this coming Monday - Putney.news Lords vote Monday on Wimbledon Park amendment. Government backs it. Council leader calls it ‘retrospective’ legislation. Four directions of opposition mount.

Lords vote Monday on Wimbledon Park amendment. Government now co-sponsors what it opposed in November.

Opposition from four directions — including what the council leader called it.

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#WimbledonPark #Putney

Friends of Wimbledon Park Nature Tours - Next: 12th April 2026, Birds in Green Spaces Walk, Starting 8:30am at Home park Road Entrance | Friends of Wimbledon Park Friends of Wimbledon Park have planned walks and talks in the park over the next few months. The next one is on Sunday 12 April, a Birds in Green Spaces walk,

April 12th 2026, 8:30am: Birds in Green Spaces Walk in Wimbledon Park:
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#fowp_sw19 #WimbledonPark #Birds #Nature #Walks #GreenSpaces

April 18th Day of Local Action for Nature, Parks and Green Spaces. Join FOWP for Morning Presentations on Wimbledon Park + Family Historical Walk 2pm | Friends of Wimbledon Park April 18th has been designated as "Day of Local Action for Nature, Parks and Green Spaces."

April 18th Day of Local Action for Nature, Parks and Green Spaces. Join FOWP for Morning Presentations on Wimbledon Park + "Family Historical Walk" 2pm.
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#fowp_sw19 #WimbledonPark #Birds #Bats #Nature #History

Minister who blocked Wimbledon Park amendment now officially backs it - Putney.news The House of Lords will vote on Amendment 248 on 13 April. The government minister now formally co-sponsors it — having opposed the same mechanism in November.

The minister who opposed this amendment in November now officially co-sponsors it.

Lords vote: 13 April.

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#WimbledonPark #London #UKNews

Wimbledon Park: what the High Court ruling actually means – and what happens next - Putney.news The AELTC won Thursday’s High Court ruling — but three obstacles remain: a planning challenge, a Lords amendment vote, and Merton’s unresolved covenant.

Yesterday: AELTC wins the High Court case on Wimbledon Park.

Today: what the ruling actually decided, why SWP is still fighting, and why the Lords chamber matters more than you'd think.



#WimbledonPark

Golf course “never a public trust”: High Court hands AELTC landmark victory - Putney.news High Court rules the former Wimbledon Park golf course is not subject to a statutory public trust, handing the AELTC a major legal victory.

High Court rules on Wimbledon Park.

Judge finds golf course land "was never a public trust" - by a wide margin.

What the AELTC won, and what's still unresolved:

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#WimbledonPark #London

A reminder of #Friends Of #WimbledonPark #Nature Tours – Next: 8th March, #Bird Walk, Starting 8:30am At Home Park Road Entrance:
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#fowp_sw19 #trees #birds #parks #Southfields #SW19 #SW18

Wimbledon Park volunteers planting tree saplings

#WimbledonPark #Volunteers #tree planting: planted and mulched 60 saplings / whips:
Dogwood (Cornus sanguinea)
Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna)
Crab apple (Malus syvestris)
Dog Rose (Rosa canina)
Hazel (Corylus avellana)
They were kindly donated and the trees will form a hedge.

Winter sunrise over Wimbledon Park Lak

Friends of Wimbledon Park Tour - Saturday 24th January 2026, 2pm, Meet at Home Park Road Entrance.
Learn more about the nature and amenities of this beautiful green space !
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#WimbledonPark #FOWP_SW19 #Parks #Nature #Trees #Walks

A white gull with red legs and beak flying over an out-of-focus frozen lake with bokeh ice chunks.

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is a focus on #Feathers&Form.

I think this image of a black-headed gull flying low over the ice of a frozen Wimbledon Park lake fits the bill, with its wings wide and tail feathers spread.

#birds #birding #wildlifephotography #gulls #wimbledonpark

Unusual breeding plumage on a black-headed gull in the middle of winter, on a frozen lake with ice shards around it. It is standing on one red leg. The gull's head is still black, not the usual winter white.

A black-headed gull reflected on the ice. Unusually for January it is still in its breeding plumage.

#birds #birding #wimbledonpark #gulls

A black-headed gull flies away from the camera.

A black-headed gull striking a pose as it dives for bread.

A flock of black-headed gull noisily waiting for food.

Circling black-headed gulls over a frozen lake.

More gulls at a frozen Wimbledon Park lake, fighting over scraps of bread.

#wimbledonpark #birds #birding #gulls #wildlifephotography

A black-headed gull over a frozen lake, bokeh broken ice chunks in the background.

A black-headed gulls and a frozen lake, in the foreground one is flying low, its grey wings wide, in the background another is walking on the ice, with visible red legs.

A flock of black-headed gulls over a frozen lake, bokeh broken ice chunks in the background.

A flock of black-headed gulls over a frozen lake, bokeh broken ice chunks in the background.

Seagulls and ice.

Wimbledon Park Lake this morning, bright and cold. People were feeding the gulls down by the boatshed.

#wimbledonpark #birds #birding #gulls #wildlifephotography

A white bird with black and grey markings, red feet and beak, low over an out-of-focus frozen lake.

Black-headed gull over the frozen Wimbledon Park lake.

#birds #birding #wimbledonpark #wildlifephotogrphy #gulls

Blocks of ice on top of a frozen lake, shining in the sunlight.

Blocks of ice on top of a frozen lake, shining in the sunlight.

It's icy in London as the city wakes up from its annual seasonal hibernation.

I took a little trip two stops down the District Line to Wimbledon Park, where the lake would be covered in ice, giving me a photographic opportunity.

I was not disappointed.

#london #wimbledonpark #winter #photography

Friends of Wimbledon Park Tour - Sunday 28th December 2025, 2pm, Meet at Home Park Road Entrance | Friends of Wimbledon Park Join Friends of Wimbledon Park for a sociable stroll with neighbours on Sunday 28th December - meet 2pm at the Home Park Road entrance. No need to book - all

Join Friends of Wimbledon Park for a sociable stroll with neighbours on Sunday 28th December – meet 2pm at the Home Park Road entrance. No need to book – all welcome.
#Walkjng #Nature #WimbledonPark #FOWP_SW19
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Friends of Wimbledon Park Newsletter, December 2025 | Friends of Wimbledon Park Please see the first in a regular series of newsletters from Friends of Wimbledon Park.

Friends of Wimbledon Park newsletter, December 2025: www.friendsofwimbledonpark.org/friends-of-w...
#WimbledonPark #fowp_sw19

Wimbledon extension: The latest developments ahead of 2026 challenges A Lords amendment aimed at clearing the way for Wimbledon’s expansion has fallen, leaving the project exposed to renewed legal challenges — including further cases in 2026 — over public land, statutor...

🏛️ 🎾 Wimbledon expansion: a Lords amendment designed to sidestep legal barriers has failed. #AELTC faces January trust case + Court of Appeal review.
Full story: www.cjag.org/2025/12/18/w...
#WimbledonPark #PlanningLaw

Wimbledon Park - Horse Close Wood

Join Friends of #WimbledonPark for a sociable stroll with neighbours on Saturday 29th November – meet 2pm at the Home Park Road entrance. No need to book – all welcome.
Learn more about the nature and amenities of this beautiful green space ! #Nature #Trees #Southfields #SW19

During the debate, O'Donnell railed against the legal uncertainty facing the scheme and spoke of the economic and environmental benefits of the plans for what opponents have described as an "industrial-scale tennis complex". He received an £86,000 payout as a member of the former golf club for agreeing to the sale of the disputed land at Wimbledon Park. Despite O'Donnell's passionate advocacy of his amendment, many peers across the benches were fiercely against, arguing that it would erode protection for public green spaces and make it harder for communities to mount legal challenges. Perhaps Tory hereditary peer Lord Lucas summed up best when he called the amendment "an undesirable bit of retrospective legislation designed to enable the All England Lawn Tennis Club not to have to negotiate fairly with the people it is disadvantaging as a result of its plans". The amendment was rejected.

Nice piece from @privateeyenews.bsky.social re #AELTC plans for #WimbledonPark . A bit of skulduggery too far even for the Lords.

Thank you to all our #volunteers who helped plant 1,000 #daffodil bulbs in #WimbledonPark today ! We are looking forward to enjoying the start of the #flowers from February onwards! 🌼🌼🌼

Join Friends of Wimbledon Park for Daffodil bulb planting tomorrow, Sunday 26th November. Free to all.
👉 PLEASE REGISTER HERE (spaces limited):
volunteersignup.org/9BC8P
Then meet at Revelstoke Road car park, 1pm tomorrow (Sunday).
#Daffodils #fowp_sw19 #WimbledonPark

Lord tries to rewrite law to rescue Wimbledon from court battle. He sits on the AELTC board - Putney.news Lord sponsoring law change benefiting All England Club while serving as director sparks conflict concerns from MPs ahead of crucial Lords debate.

Absolutely shocking.

A Lord is proposing an Amendment to the already dire Planning & Infrastructure Bill that would do away with existing protections for parks in order to enable development of #WimbledonPark.

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#P&IBill

Merton Council have informed us that on Friday 17 October two trees, an alder and a tree of heaven, will be felled. The trees are in the children's play area. One is dead and the other is infected with a fungus. The trees cannot be safely retained.
#fowp_sw19 #wimbledonpark #trees

Save Wimbledon Park Ltd Applies for Permission to Appeal to the Court of Appeal Following the High Court Decision in July on the AELTC Wimbledon Park Project + Supporters Bulletin 10 August 22, 2025. SWP has applied for permission to appeal to the Court of Appeal. Mr Justice Saini’s judgment in July (on SWP’s request for Judicial Review of the validity of the planning permission ...

Important Update: Save Wimbledon Park Ltd has applied for permission to appeal the recent High Court decision about the AELTC Wimbledon Park Project. Support our cause by sharing this news! Read more: wix.to/Zqcnckx #SWP #WimbledonPark #CourtAppeal🌳🌍

Friends of Wimbledon Park Next Site Tours Sunday 24th August and Saturday 13th September, 2pm, Meet at Home Park Road Entrance | Friends of Wimbledon Park Nick Steiner, Chair of Friends of Wimbledon Park, will lead our next tours of Wimbledon Park. starting from the Home Park Road entrance at 2pm.

Nick Steiner, Chair of Friends of Wimbledon Park, will lead our next tours of Wimbledon Park on Sunday 24th August and Saturday 13th September, starting from the Home Park Road entrance at 2pm.
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#Parks #Nature #WimbledonPark #Trees

Next Steps - The High Court. Join us on the morning of 8th July - Travel arrangements The SWP judicial review that challenges the GLA’s planning permission to build on Wimbledon Park will be heard in the High Court on 8th and 9th July, in the middle of Wimbledon Fortnight.It has taken 4 years and many thousands of pounds of your money to get us to this point so it is vital that on July 8th we make an impact.We need a good turnout early in the morning of July 8th !We invite anyone who supports us to travel with us . There are 2 travelling groups:1. From Wimbledon Station via the D

Stand with us on July 8th & 9th at the High Court! We are challenging the GLA’s planning decision to allow AELTC to build on Wimbledon Park. Let your voice be heard! 🌿 #WimbledonPark #SWP #HighCourt #GreenNotGreed Read more:www.savewimbledonpar...
@SaveWimbldnPark

Next Steps - The High Court. Join us on the morning of 8th July - Travel arrangements The SWP judicial review that challenges the GLA’s planning permission to build on Wimbledon Park will be heard in the High Court on 8th and 9th July, in the middle of Wimbledon Fortnight.It has taken 4 years and many thousands of pounds of your money to get us to this point so it is vital that on July 8th we make an impact.We need a good turnout early in the morning of July 8th !We invite anyone who supports us to travel with us from Wimbledon Station via the District Line to Temple, meeting out

Stand with us on July 8th & 9th at the High Court! Save Wimbledon Park are challenging the GLA’s planning decision to allow AELTC to build on Wimbledon Park. Let your voice be heard! 🌿 #WimbledonPark #SWP #HighCourt #GreenNotGreed Read more:
www.savewimbledonpar...
@SaveWimbldnPark

Next Steps - The High Court. Join us on the morning of 8th July - Travel arrangements The SWP judicial review that challenges the GLA’s planning permission to build on Wimbledon Park will be heard in the High Court on 8th and 9th July, in the middle of Wimbledon Fortnight.It has taken 4 years and many thousands of pounds of your money to get us to this point so it is vital that on July 8th we make an impact.We need a good turnout early in the morning of July 8th !We invite anyone who supports us to travel with us from Wimbledon Station via the District Line to Temple, meeting out

Stand with us on July 8th & 9th at the High Court! Save Wimbledon Park are challenging the GLA’s planning decision to allow AELTC to build on Wimbledon Park. Let your voice be heard! 🌿 #WimbledonPark #SWP #HighCourt #GreenNotGreed Read more:www.savewimbledonpar...

Next Steps - The High Court. Join us on 8th & 9th July - Travel arrangements The SWP judicial review that challenges the GLA’s planning permission to build on Wimbledon Park will be heard in the High Court on 8th and 9th July, in the middle of Wimbledon Fortnight.It has taken ...

Stand with us on July 8th & 9th at the High Court! We are challenging the GLA’s planning decision to allow AELTC to build on Wimbledon Park. Let your voice be heard! 🌿 #WimbledonPark #SWP #HighCourt #GreenNotGreed read more at www.savewimbledonpark.org/post/next-st...