Articles tagged ‘Wimbledon’
Wimbledon
By Chris | May 3rd, 2008 |
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The Wimbledon Tennis Championships played on the famous grass courts of the All England Club in southwest London are one of the highlights of the sporting year in Britain and probably the most coverted titles to win for any tennis player.
The tournament at Wimbledon lasts for two weeks, this year from 23 June-6 July 2008, [...]
GB v Croatia Davis Cup Tickets
By Chris | September 14th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Tickets are still available for the Davis Cup Tennis World Group play-off tie between Great Britain and Croatia on the 21-23 September. The match is taking place on the No.1 Court at Wimbledon, only the fourth time in 30 years the Davis Cup has been played there and the winning country in this match gets [...]
London’s major sporting venues
By Chris | July 31st, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Wembley Stadium
Tel:0844 980 8001
Fax:020 8795 5050
Address: Wembley National Stadium Ltd, Wembley, London, HA9 0WS - Map
Underground stations: Wembley Park (Metropolitan and Jubilee Lines), Wembley Central (Bakerloo Line)
Mainline railway stations: Wembley Stadium (Chiltern Railways from Marylebone), Wembley Central (Silverlink from Euston)
Security stepped up in the UK
By Chris | July 2nd, 2007 | Add a Comment »
The attempted terrorist attacks on central London and Glasgow Airport over the weekend are having a knock on effect on travellers and people attending large events with security being ramped up.
Most major airports including Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted have stopped cars including taxis from dropping off or picking up passengers in front of terminal buildings. [...]
Waiting for summer
By Chris | June 29th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Quite a few of London’s major sporting venues are in use this weekend and not just for sports events. Tennis continues at Wimbledon, Lord’s hosts a One Day International cricket match between England and the West Indies on Sunday, Rod Stewart plays the 82,000 seat Twickenham rugby stadium on Saturday and on Sunday the new [...]
Wimbledon Tennis Championships
By Chris | June 22nd, 2007 | Add a Comment »
The 2007 Wimbledon Tennis Championships start on Monday 25 June at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in southwest London. Wimbledon is probably the highlight of the summer sporting calendar in London, there’s wall to wall coverage, all the world’s best players are present and going to the Championships especially in the first [...]
London’s other tennis tournament
By Chris | June 1st, 2007 | Add a Comment »
The Wimbledon tennis championships take place at the end of June and are the two weeks of the year when Britain shows more than a passing interest in the sport. There’s another tennis tournament that takes place in London pre-Wimbledon that gives tennis fans the chance to see the top players warm up for the [...]
Daily Dose 02.23
By Chris | February 23rd, 2007 | Add a Comment »
* Its finally been announced, the award they all wanted to win, the WAG Gadget of the Year has gone to the LG Chocolate handset, as endorsed by Colleen ‘Wayne can shag who ever he wants I’m in it for the money’ McCloughlin.(TheSun)
* The Royal College of Physicians wants a blanket ban on alcohol commecials [...]
Stadium tours in London
By Chris | January 3rd, 2007 | Add a Comment »
There’s a lot of sport that goes on in London throughout the year and many of the major venues offer stadium tours. I should probably include the Circus Tavern in Purfleet after Monday’s epic world championship final between Phil ‘The Power’ Taylor and Raymond van Barneveld, one of the greatest matches in darts history, but [...]
North or South of the river
By Chris | December 22nd, 2006 | Add a Comment »
The London Development Agency has a South London positioning guide on its website to focus the marketing of people in the travel industry on the part of the capital that doesn’t get the number of visitors that areas north of the River Thames get.
Unfortunately most of London’s premier tourist attractions are on the north side.
