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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Sport
Matt Majendie

Battle lines drawn over Wimbledon expansion as local anger grows

The expansion will add 38 new courts and a 23-acre public park on land once owned by a golf club

(Picture: ALLIES AND MORRISON/AELTC)

Orange and white cones circle an expanse of what was once the fairway of Wimbledon Park Golf Club’s fourth hole.

Trees are marked up for removal except for a giant oak, which has stood for hundreds of years and is known as one of the 41 veterans which have a safe future.

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