Hotels for Wimbledon 2027

Wimbledon — the oldest and most prestigious tennis tournament in the world, and the only Grand Slam still played on grass — takes over the All England Club in south-west London for a fortnight from late June, provisionally 28 June to 11 July 2027. Strawberries and cream, all-white kit, the Centre Court roof and the famous Queue make Wimbledon a quintessential English summer occasion.

The All England Club sits in leafy SW19, well connected by Tube and rail to the rest of the capital. Stay in Wimbledon or Southfields for the walk to the grounds, or in central London for the full city on your doorstep, and book early for the Championships fortnight.

The Championships began in 1877, when the All England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club needed money to repair its pony roller and decided a tennis tournament might pay for it. Twenty-two amateurs entered the only event on offer, the Gentlemen's Singles, making it the world's first official lawn tennis tournament — and, in time, tennis's oldest Grand Slam.

Grass was simply the surface the club's lawns were already laid with; nearly one hundred and fifty years later, Wimbledon is the only one of the four majors still played on it. Traditions have accumulated around that original decision ever since — all-white dress, strawberries and cream served on the grounds, and the famous overnight Queue — but they all sit on top of the same club and the same grass that hosted twenty-two players in 1877.