Description: Join the dog walkers of Wimbledon at this locals hideout, by picking up a coffee before starting a walk across the common. This cafe has a whole host of delicious cakes on offer too, that are homemade onsite each day. The portions are huge slabs and door wedges, so they are big enough to share if you don't want a whole one to yourself. You can sit inside or out, whatever the weather. The outside is where the hardened locals sit though.

Description: Having walked a fair distance over Wimbledon Common, hopefully having spied some Wombles en route, treat yourself to a delicious afternoon tea at Cannizaro House Hotel. Now owned by the Hotel Du Vin, they serve tea in the orangery at the back of the hotel that affords spectacular views over Cannizaro Park itself. Enjoy finger sandwiches, hot drinks and scones before indulging in a few small cakes. For those that really want to go all out, add a glass or two of bubbles which the attentive staff will be all to happy to help with.

Description: Wimbledon Village is home to some unique boutiques and shops that offer a fantastic array of clothes and other goods to tempt you with. Owing to being in an expensive part of town, price tags tend to be fairly high, but all shops will be stocking high quality produce - even Bayley and Sage the local greengrocer. The village is where two huge fashion empires were started - both LK Bennett and Matches Fashion had their first stores here.

Description: Hemingways is a bit of a Wimbledon Village institution. Whilst not huge, the cocktail lounge and bar offers a different menu to the vast array of pubs that are nearby. Come here for a drink, and maybe a small nibble if you are hungry after your afternoon tea, and look through your shopping bags to go over your purchases. This place really livens up in the evening, so if you have a table, you may want to stay longer than you had originally intended…