For a hint of the good life in SW19, look no further than the volcanic orange dog bowl outside the Le Creuset shop. This leafy but well-connected corner of the capital, with 15 trains an hour to London Waterloo, offers an extremely good quality of life and has serious kerb appeal. The nimbys of Wimby are not to be messed with: the Wimbledon Society, which runs the local museum, was founded in 1903 to protect Wimbledon Common from urban encroachment. (Great Uncle Bulgaria would be proud.)
It is no surprise that the All England Club’s plans for expansion on Wimbledon Park golf course have made the fur fly — even more than the forthcoming reboot of The Wombles. More than 17,000 locals have signed