Where To Watch Wimbledon in London This Summer

If you’re more game, set, match than football fanatic, fear not, because the World Cup hasn’t entirely taken over the city. Wimbledon is also getting plenty of air time, serving spectacular sports viewing until July 12 – and there are loads of great places around the capital to watch it.

Whether you’re looking for an elegant seat to sit and sip champagne, or a lively venue to dig deep and make a racquet, these are the best places to enjoy the tennis this summer.

Richard Corrigan’s Piccadilly seafood institution will screen Wimbledon matches on its elegant terrace throughout the tournament. Settle in with British and Irish oysters, a resplendent shellfish platter and a glass of something fizzy, before rounding things off in appropriately summery fashion with plump British strawberries and Chantilly cream.
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Hidden in a quiet enclave just off Haymarket, Fallow’s sister restaurant Fowl will show the tennis on screens set up across its sunny, spacious terrace. There’s plenty to keep your stomach satisfied, including a £20 set lunch, £30 Pimm’s towers, brain-freeze-worthy Fowl Coladas, succulent rotisserie chicken and the restaurant’s signature chicken burger.
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Get close to the action (without sitting courtside) at Wimbledon Village’s Dog & Fox, which claims to have the area’s largest outdoor screen alongside menu specials – including its quirky Scotch egg, which is designed to look like a tennis ball – and live music.
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Venn Street Records in Clapham is using the Wimbledon finals weekend as an excuse to host a street party, screening the women’s and men’s matches on a large outdoor screen. Afterwards, the celebrations continue with DJs and live performances running late into the evening on both Saturday and Sunday.
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Ham Yard’s “Centre Court-Yard” runs from June 29 right through to July 12, screening Wimbledon daily on a large LED screen on the hotel’s leafy terrace. Guests can order cocktails, strawberries and cream or afternoon tea served in a picnic hamper, with wireless headphones providing commentary. Tables for drinks are walk-in through most of the tournament, but finals bookings cost £30 per person.
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From July 10 to 12, Duke of York Square will screen the men’s semi-finals and men’s and women’s singles finals opposite the Saatchi Gallery. The lawn is open for picnics, Chelsea Grocer will host a pop-up bar and Willett’s at The Cadogan has created a £100 hamper for two starring sandwiches filled with smoked salmon, roast beef or cucumber, a Scotch egg, sausage roll, scones, lemon drizzle cake and chocolates. Free front-row deckchairs can be booked from early July.
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Lost Oasis is transforming the grounds of St Martin-in-the-Fields with live Wimbledon screenings throughout the tournament, and both finals will be shown on July 11 and 12. Adam Handling is supplying the food, while bars include a self-pour cider tree and a shaded rosé hideaway. Entry costs £10, and includes a drink voucher.
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The Audley will screen every Wimbledon match across big screens throughout its Mayfair pub. Pimm’s on draft, strawberries and cream made with Farm Shop fruit, and substantial bar snacks including Scotch eggs, sausage rolls and pints of prawns are available, while the outdoor terrace promises a breath of fresh air between sets.
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Catch the biggest matches downstairs at Gibney’s, the cosy Irish dive bar beneath Richard Corrigan’s Old Street restaurant, Daffodil Mulligan’s. Private booths with dedicated screens seat groups of up to 10, from where fans can enjoy pints of Beamish, Guinness and Gibney’s own stout as well as bar snacks and, crucially, great air con.
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Hackney Bridge brings Wimbledon canal-side with screenings across the venue, including its large outdoor screen. A mix of eight street-food traders, including Bovine Burger and Made in Puglia, are on hand for food and drink. After-match, head to Nico’s cocktail bar for DJ sets and drinks.
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Portman Square Garden opens to the public from July 7 to 12 for free big-screen coverage of Wimbledon’s final week. Deckchairs will fill the normally private Marylebone garden, alongside a Kerb street-food village, cocktails from nearby members’ club Home House and rotating appearances from Cafe Murano, Donostia and other London kitchens.
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Kioku by Endo will screen Wimbledon on its beautifully breezy rooftop terrace at The Owo from June 30 to July 12. Its afternoon menu, served daily from 3pm to 5pm, includes beef tartare, seabass with yuzu kosho and miso-caramel madeleines, with Chateau Minuty rosé available by the glass.
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Nightingale, the courtyard cafe at 1 Hotel Mayfair, will show selected matches alongside a menu of salmon, spiced chicken and harissa-marinated halloumi skewers cooked in a Big Green Egg. Before play, stop at Dovetale’s adjoining terrace for a build-your-own Minuty spritz.
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Pop into air-conditioned Fitzrovia pub The George, which will screen the tournament from June 29 to July 12. Don’t miss the chilli and coriander cheese toastie and frozen Irish coffees fresh from the slushie machine.
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Everyman’s free canal-side screen returns to Granary Square, showing Wimbledon matches live from June 29 to July 12 before films take over each evening. Seating is unreserved and first come, first served. Frozen Margaritas, popcorn, ice-cream sundaes and strawberries with cream or melted chocolate are all available. Plus, there’s an M&S in the nearby station for takeaway tinnies.
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Borough Yards will screen Wimbledon in its Soap Yard as part of its Summer of Sport programme. Settle into a deckchair beneath the railway arches while the bar serves Miraval Provencal rosé, frozen rosé, Margaritas and traditional strawberries and cream. The screen runs daily, with the bar open from 11am to 9pm.
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