Area guide: Wandsworth
Wandsworth is pleasant borough of South West London covering the leafy neighbourhoods of Battersea, Putney, Earlsfield and Tooting (known as the new 'Shoreditch'). It his home to many famous Wandsworth residents such as Louis Theroux, Ainsley Harriott, Jack Dee and Kevin Pietersen. It has some fabulous parks and open spaces with Battersea Park easily being the pick of the bunch. Battersea Park has two 11 a side floodlit astroturf pitches which an be split into smaller lots for 5 a side and 8 a side football. There is also the Millenium Arena with an athletics track, gym, floodlit tennis courts and cricket nets. A more recent addition is Go Ape which has tree-based activities for kids and adults.
Wandsworth Common, Earlsfield, Tooting, Wandsworth Town
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Best Grass Football Pitches in Wandsworth
- Sam Parton
- Mar 17, 2016
Wandsworth is a tremendous paradox of an area, with affluent parks such as Wandsworth Common and Battersea Park, to tough estates off Clapham Junction.
One reason (amongst many)...
Sports Venues in Battersea
- Ellen O'Riordan
- Mar 30, 2016
If you google “Battersea”, the results are littered with results regarding the Battersea Dogs and Cats Home. Even Wikipedia is is a bit of a scroll down and until you read its page y...
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Sports Clubs and Activities in Battersea
- Ellen O'Riordan
- Mar 30, 2016
If you’re looking to get into shape, Battersea park is awash with fitness programmes and clubs. Swift Fitness hosts sociable bootcamps on Monday and Wednesday evenings and British Military...
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Best Tennis Courts in Wandsworth
- Sam Parton
- Mar 31, 2016
Wandsworth is renowned for being fairly leafy and it will come as no surprise that the borough is inundated with tennis courts across various sites such as parks, schools and private tennis clubs. The...
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Tennis Coaching in Wandsworth
- Ellen O'Riordan
- Apr 21, 2016
Whether your aim is to become the next Djokovic or Serena, or simply to hit the service box more frequently, Wandsworth has served up the tennis coaches and programmes to help you ace your current sta...
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Activities in Wandsworth
Another park in Wandsworth worthy of mention is Wandsworth Common, with six tennis courts, several grass football pitches, cricket pitches and a running trail with obstacles. Located further towards Putney is Wandsworth Park which has a single tennis court, football pitches and cricket pitches in the summer. A personal favourite is the Wandle Recreation Ground which is near to King George's Park and has four 5 a side football pitches, a gym and sports hall. King George's Park has 10 tennis courts and a bowling green for hire as well as grass space for touch and tag rugby in Wandsworth.
Examples of Wandsworth Schools with community lettings include Chestnut Grove School with a sports hall (volleyball, badminton) and 7 a side 3G football pitch. Burntwood School has some tennis and netball courts whilst Putney High School offers a sports hall and multi-use games areas. One of the best leisure centres in Wandsworth is Putney Leisure Centre which has three swimming pools and several diving boards as well as squash courts, a gym and a sports hall. Other notable Wandsworth leisure centres are Balham Leisure Centre with squash courts, an indoor swimming pool and gym and the much larger Tooting Leisure Centre with squash courts, two swimming pools, a gym and large sports hall. To get active in Wandsworth is easy, it's one of the best London boroughs for sports opportunities.
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Tennis around Earlsfield e.g. King George's Park or Wandsworth Common
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