Henman Hill

Aorangi Terrace, commonly known as "Henman Hill", alongside a series of other nicknames, is a mostly grassed banked area in the grounds of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club where, during the annual Wimbledon tennis championships, crowds of people without show-court tickets can watch the tennis matches live on a giant television screen at the side of No.

Type: Scenic viewpoint
Description: Area on the grounds of the All England Club
Also known as: “Aorangi Terrace”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include No. 1 Court and Centre Court.

No. 1 Court

Stadium

Photo: Aleksmot, Public domain.

No. 1 Court is a tennis court at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Wimbledon, London. The current No. 1 Court stadium was opened in 1997 and has a capacity of 12,345.

Centre Court

Stadium

Photo: Daniel, CC BY 2.0.

Centre Court is a tennis court at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club and is the main court used in the Wimbledon Championships, the third annual Grand Slam event of the tennis calendar. Centre Court is situated 760 feet southeast of Henman Hill.

Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum

Museum

Photo: ozziebackpacker, CC BY 2.0.

Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum is the largest tennis museum in the world. The museum was inaugurated at The Championships centenary event in 1977. On 12 April 2006, The Duke of Kent declared the brand new Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum open to the public inside the grounds of the All England Lawn Tennis Club. Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum is situated 660 feet southeast of Henman Hill.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Southfields and Wimbledon Park.

Southfields

Suburb

Southfields is a district of inner London located within the London Borough of Wandsworth, England, 5.6 miles south-west of Charing Cross, with a small portion of the area extending into the neighbouring London Borough of Merton.

Wimbledon Park

Neighborhood

Photo: Bumper12, Public domain.

Wimbledon Park is the name of an urban park in Wimbledon and also of the suburb south and east of the park and the Wimbledon Park tube station. The park itself is 27 hectares in area.