South London sports facilities and activities

Area guide: South London

South London, prounced 'Sarf London', overs famous areas including Brixton, Peckham, Wimbledon, Croydon, New Cross to Crystal Palace. It's hard one to define geographically, but many famous people have hailed from various parts of South London including Kate Moss (Croydon), Naomi Campbell (Streatham), Sam Parton the OpenPlay co-founder (also Streatham) and Rio Ferdinand (Peckham). Over the last few years it has seen enormous gentrification, particularly in places such as Brixton and Peckham, notorious gangster hangouts which are fast becoming full of wannabe hipsters drinking double mochachinos.

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Best Tennis Coaches in South London

Ellen O'Riordan
Mar 10, 2016

South London is the home of tennis, with Wimbledon hosting the world's biggest tennis tournament every year since 1877. It is only right therefore that the area has tennis coac...

Let's Touch Upon Rugby: Tag and Touch Rugby in South London

Ellen O'Riordan
Mar 10, 2016

In comparison with its much rougher counterpart, tag and touch rugby are only minimally contact based, providing an unintimidating and mellow alternative and enabling players to leave the pitch unconc...

Best South London Parks With Cafes

Ellen O'Riordan
Mar 17, 2016

When one thinks of a park cafe, one might picture a small kiosk brandishing polystyrene cups of instant coffee which will fulfill its purpose as a hand warmer, but not as an enjoyable beverage meant f...

How to Get Involved with 5-a-Side in South London

Jack Lemon
Mar 17, 2016

If you’re looking to dust off the old boots and make an attempt to get back to the form you were once at, then the obvious choice is to get into a 5-a-side league. Without the continual 90 minut...

Grass Pitches For Hire in South London

Ellen O'Riordan
Mar 18, 2016

They say the grass is greener on the other side, but this is a not statement that can be expressed truthfully if you live in South London, in particular the Lambeth area, which has acres and acres of...

Tracking down South East London's best Athletics Track

Ellen O'Riordan
Mar 30, 2016

Despite the fact that scientists claim that athletes have reached their peak potential, over 30 world records were broken during the London 2012 Olympics. One of the reasons that athletes contin...

Sports Hall of Fame: South London

Ellen O'Riordan
Mar 30, 2016

The chameleon of sports facilities, the sports hall will bend to your many sporting wishes. Whether you want to spread yourselves across the entire room for a game of football, or prefer to erec...

Keeping track: Athletics facilities in South West London

Ellen O'Riordan
Mar 30, 2016

When it comes to athletics training, the South Western facilities run laps around the offerings of other London areas. They have numerous state of the art venues that seduce relays of elite leve...