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Traditional Sports Water Sports Working Out
An old London tradition is There are facilities for a Most sports centres have
the University Boat Race, wide variety of water sports gymnasiums, work-out
held in March or April, when at the Docklands Sailing studios and health clubs.
teams from Oxford and & Watersports Centre. If you are a member of the
Cambridge row from Putney You can choose from sports YMCA, you’ll be able to use
to Mortlake (see p60); a newer such as windsurfing, dinghy the excellent facilities at the
tradition is the London sailing, powerboating, Central YMCA. Jubilee Hall
Marathon, which is run from waterskiing and canoeing. Clubs and the Oasis Sports
Greenwich to The Mall at Rowing boats are also Centre both offer a variety of
Westminster (see p60) on an available for hire by the hour aerobic classes, keep-fit and
April Sunday. You can watch on the calmer, central London weight training. For those who
croquet at Dulwich Croquet waters of the Serpentine have overdone it, the Chelsea
Club and medieval (real) in Hyde Park and Regent’s Sports Centre has a sports
tennis at Queen’s Club. Park Lake. injury clinic.
DIRECTORY
All England Lawn Hampstead and Mornington Chasers Ross Nye Stables
Tennis and Croquet Highgate Ponds ∑ chaser.me.uk 8 Bathurst Mews W2.
Club Mixed: off East Heath Rd Map 11 A2.
Church Rd, Wimbledon NW3. Map 1 C4. Oasis Swimming Pool Tel 020 7262 3791.
SW19. Tel 020 8944 1066. Men’s and Women’s: & Sports Centre
Millfield Lane N6. Map 2 E3. 32 Endell St WC2. Sandown Park
Arsenal (Emirates) Tel 020 7485 3873. Map 13 B1. Racecourse
Stadium Tel 020 7831 1804. Esher, Surrey.
Ashburton Grove N7. Holland Park Public Tel 01372 464 348.
Tel 020 7619 5000. Tennis Courts Parliament Hill
Ascot Racecourse 1 Ilchester Place W8. Highgate Rd NW5. Saracens Rugby
Map 2 E5.
Ascot, Berkshire. Map 9 B5. Football Club
Tel 0844 346 3000. Tel 020 7602 2226. Tel 020 7332 3773. 5 Vicarage Rd, Watford,
Porchester Centre Hertfordshire, WD1.
Central YMCA Hounslow Heath Tel 01727 792 800.
112 Great Russell St WC1. Golf Course Queensway W2.
Map 13 B1. Staines Rd, Middlesex TW4. Map 10 D1. Serpentine
Tel 020 7343 1844. Tel 020 8570 5271. Tel 020 7792 2919. Hyde Park W2.
Chelsea Football Club Jubilee Hall Clubs Queen’s Club Map 11 B4.
Stamford Bridge SW6. (Real Tennis) Tel 020 7262 1330 (boat
Tel 0871 984 1955. 30 The Piazza, Covent Palliser Rd W14. hire).
Garden WC2.
Chelsea Sports Centre Map 13 C2. Map 17 A3. Somerset House
Chelsea Manor St SW3. Tel 020 7836 4007. Tel 020 7385 3400. Strand WC2.
Map 19 B3. Queens Ice Map 14 D2.
Tel 020 7352 6985. Kempton Park Skating Club Tel 0844 847 1520.
Chessington Golf Sunbury on Thames, Middx. 17 Queensway W2. Swiss Cottage Leisure
Course Tel 01932 782 292. Map 10 E2. Centre
Garrison Lane, Surrey. Kia Oval Tel 020 7229 0172. Adelaide Rd NW3.
Tel 020 8391 0948. Kennington Oval SE11. Regent’s Park and Lake Tel 020 7974 2012.
Docklands Sailing & Map 22 D4. Regent’s Park NW1. Tottenham Hotspur
Watersports Centre Tel 0844 375 1845. Map 3 C3. FC
235a Westferry Rd E14. Linford Christie Tel 0300 061 2300, 020 White Hart Lane, 748
Tel 020 7537 2626. Stadium 7724 4069 (boat hire). High Rd N17.
∑ dswc.org
Du Cane Rd W12. Richmond Park Golf Tel 0344 499 5000.
Dulwich Croquet Club Tel 020 3772 8260. Roehampton Gate, Priory Twickenham Rugby
Giant Arches Rd, off Lane SW15.
Burbage Rd SE24. London Aquatics Tel 020 8876 3205. Ground
Whitton Rd, Twickenham,
Centre
∑ dulwichcroquet.com Queen Elizabeth Olympic Middlesex.
Epsom Racecourse Park E20. Romford Stadium Tel 020 8892 8877.
London Road, Essex RM7.
Epsom Downs, Surrey. Tel 020 8536 3150. Tel 01708 762 345. West Ham United
Tel 01372 726 311. Lord’s Cricket Ground Rosslyn Park Rugby London Stadium,
Greyhound Stadium St John’s Wood NW8. Priory Lane, Upper Queen Elizabeth
Plough Lane, Wimbledon Map 3 A3. Richmond Rd SW15. Olympic Park E20.
SW17. Tel 020 8946 8000. Tel 020 7616 8500. Tel 020 8876 1879. Tel 020 8458 2748.

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