Interesting facts about Wimbledon Village
- The introduction in the 18th century of stagecoach services from the Dog and Fox public house made the journey to London routine, although not without the risk of head upheld-up by highwaymen. The stagecoach horses would be stabled at the rear of the pub in the now named ‘Wimbledon Village Stables’.
- Elisabeth Beresford was inspired by Wimbledon Common to write a series of children’s novels about the Wombles – the pointy-nosed creatures whose motto is, “Making good use of bad rubbish”.
- Wimbledon Common is the largest stretch of common land in London.
- Ernst Boris Chain joint winner of the 1945 Nobel Prize in Medicine for the discovery of penicillin lived at 9 North View, Wimbledon Common.