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WIMBLEDON, London

Not all of Wimbledon boasts the obvious attractions of the slick and trendy village. South Wimbledon, once the somewhat cheaper neighbour with its tightly packed roads of often ordinary Victorian and Edwardian terraces, now commands prices to almost rival those in its more sought after neighbour. Modern apartments and luxury lifestyle flats dominate Wimbledon Hill Road heading up to the village. The village itself has the ubiquitous collection of smart shops, boutiques and restaurants whilst the roads directly off its busy thoroughfare offer grand Victorian family homes in smart, tree lined streets. Large Victorian and Edwardian family homes are also to be found in the wide leafy roads between Wimbledon Common and Wimbledon Park. The Common itself stretches all the way to Putney Vale and premiums are high for any property overlooking its green, open expanse.

Wimbledon has two distinctive parts – the village and the town. Unlike many other areas where all the green spaces have been filled in around it, Wimbledon Common is sufficiently rural and large that there is a real sense of arriving in a distinctive place. Wimbledon looks in on itself rather than being a satellite of central London.

Wimbledon village has the same feel as a small Surrey town with pretty houses behind walls and a High Street where one would not be surprised to see people riding horses. The houses are low-built and not in the usual terraces that characterise west London. More than anywhere in South-West London there are lots of large detached houses on separate plots.

Down the hill, Wimbledon town feels like a town, with all the usual high street retail names very much in evidence. The atmosphere is much more urban with a mainline railway station and multiplex cinemas. Prices are generally lower in the town than the village reflecting the snobbery between the two.

Unlike Richmond and other areas in South West London, Wimbledon is off the flight path into Heathrow.

Transport is mixed, with bottlenecks around Wandsworth and over the bridges crossing the Thames. It is on the District line of the Underground but many use the mainline stations to access the City.

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