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Rose & Crown Hotel

55 High Street, Wimbledon SW19 5BA

This is a spacious one-bar Young's pub with several distinct areas, a conservatory and a large garden. Freshly prepared seasonal food is served from 12:00 to 22:00 (21:30 on Sundays). The pub is open from 11:00 to 23:00 Monday to Saturday and 11:00 to 22:30 on Sunday. Children are welcome until 20:00. The pub is wheelchair accessible and has TV only for major sporting events.

The hotel has eight double rooms, four twin bedded rooms, one superior double (family room) and one feature double (which can also double up as a family room). Rooms are available for disabled guests. All bedrooms are air conditioned with en-suite facilities, flat screen plasma televisions, ironing board, hairdryer, tea and coffee centre and free WiFi. There is normally free parking for guests, but there is no parking from18 June to 15 August 2012, as the car park is used for a temporary drinks tent. Hotel prices start from £170 per night, including full breakfast. Rooms can be cheaper if booked in advance or on-line, e.g. £135 a night.

The Rose & Crown is close to the All England Lawn Tennis Club for the annual Wimbledon Championships (starting 25 June in 2012), the Olympic tennis (from 28 July 2012) and the tennis museum (open daily, 10:00-17:00). Tours are also available, but check the website at www.wimbledon.com. From the hotel turn right and turn down Marryat Road then left on to Somerset Road. The tennis club is 15 to 20 minutes' walk. Alternatively, take the 493 bus three stops to the Wimbledon tennis and museum stop A. Turn left out of the pub to the High Street stop P on the other side of the road (not the stop opposite the pub) just past the Dog & Fox pub.

The hotel can easily be reached from Wimbledon Station (rail, underground, tram). Take the 93 bus from stop L, past the Prince of Wales pub in Hartfield Road. The third stop Q is called the Rose and Crown. (The 93 bus also runs to Putney, for a visit to the award-winning Bricklayer's Arms or a night's entertainment at the Half Moon.)

http://www.roseandcrownwimbledon.co.uk/