The strawberries picked, the cucumber sliced, and the Pimms on ice……it can only mean one thing. Tennis fever is about to hit Britain, with the start of Wimbledon imminent!! We are getting into the Wimbledon spirit ourselves and are offering a Vintage Veuve Clicquot Champagne and afternoon tea hamper, delivered to your door, to anyone that gives us a quality referral during the run of Wimbledon – contact us now for details!
The qualifying rounds are on as we speak, and Wimbledon 2015 officially starts on Monday 29 June, running through to 12 July. If you missed out on the ballot tickets drawn at the beginning of the year, fear not as you can still bag yourself a prime seat in the middle of all the action.
Wimbledon remains one of the very few major UK sporting events where you can still buy premium tickets on the day of play. Tennis fans are offered the chance to join the infamous ‘Wimbledon Queue’ to purchase show court tickets or ground passes. Arriving in the early hours is enough for a ground pass towards the start of the fortnight, but to secure a show court ticket later on in proceedings, camping overnight is essential. Water and toilet facilities are available, and tennis lovers from across the world come together to experience ‘The Queue’, which is an event all by itself! There is one queue for the on-day sale of tickets at the Gate 3 turnstiles. Tickets are sold strictly on the basis of one per person queuing and payment is by cash only. On your arrival at the end of the queue, you will be issued with your dated and numbered Queue Card. These are non-transferable and, be warned, these rules are strictly adhered to! The queue for the championships 2015 begins at 8am this Sunday 28 June.
If you would like to try your luck with joining the Championships after work, the late entry queue opens at 5pm daily, and you can often pay a reasonable rate for the seats of spectators who have left the venue earlier.
How to get there:
Wimbledon, famously, is held at the postcode SW19, and there are several ways to make your way there via public transport. Both Southfields and Wimbledon tube stations, on the District Line, are less than 20 minutes’ walk from the site. Wimbledon is slightly further, but the walk passes through Wimbledon Village, which is always beautifully dressed and themed for the event. Wimbledon train station can be accessed easily from London Waterloo, alongside other major stations.
Nobody said getting tickets would be easy, but if successful you can guarantee it will be worth it!
Good luck…..
