So you want to watch Wimbledon 2024 but you missed the ballot — and you're not spending the whole tournament glued to a TV screen indoors, while the sun's a-shinin' (hopefully!) and there's Pimm's for a-drinkin'.
Luckily, plenty of London establishments are erecting a giant screen — and possibly a deckchair or two — so you can catch the Wimbledon 2024 action al fresco.
FYI, the Wimbledon 2024 dates are 1-14 July. Stick it in your diary now. This is a massive summer for sport, with the Euro football tournament and Paris Olympics taking place too, so better get scheduling your screenings now...
Watch Wimbledon 2024 in Canary Wharf
As part of the Summer Screens series of events, Wimbledon matches are broadcast for free on a screen in Canary Wharf's Canada Square Park. Food and drink is available at bars and restaurants nearby — including the all-important Pimm's from the Grandstand Bar, set up close to the screen.
The same screen also hosts free open-air Movie Nights throughout the summer, as well as screenings of the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics.
Wimbledon screenings in Canary Wharf. Free entry, check the schedule closer to the time for 2024 details.
Watch Wimbledon at Merchant Square, Paddington
A giant outdoor screen is erected in Merchant Square, alongside Paddington Basin, serving up free Wimbledon screenings. Deckchairs and picnic spots are available on the lawn, free on a first-come, first-served basis. Strawberries with cream or ice cream are available to buy nearby. How sophisticated.
A bonus: tennis coaching club Game Set Beach offers free beach tennis activities including mini tournaments and challenges at certain dates and times (12pm-5pm, 3-4 and 10-11 July).
Wimbledon screenings at Merchant Square, free, 1-14 July 2024, 12pm-9pm (or later if games overrun)
Wimbledon 2024 screenings at The Piazza, Wimbledon
Want to soak up the SW19 atmosphere, but don't have tickets for the tennis? Head to The Piazza in Wimbledon town centre, which has a large screen and deckchair seating for anyone craving to catch up on the latest game, set, or match.
Big Screen Tennis in Wimbledon, free, 1-14 July 2024.
Watch Wimbledon in Covent Garden
The East Piazza in Covent Garden is home to a huge screen broadcasting the tennis, plus deckchairs to sink into. Screenings are free and strawberries and Pimm's are usually available to buy nearby. We expect this one will be very popular.
Wimbledon screenings in Covent Garden, free, 1-14 July 2024.
Watch Wimbledon at Screen on the Canal, King's Cross
Take a seat on the steps at Granary Square (King's Cross) during the Championships to watch the Centre Court action on the big screen, set up on the other side of the canal. The lawn-effect steps are usually scattered with oversized pillows for extra comfort.
In 2024, the screen doubles up as an outdoor cinema, with cult classics and family favourites shown for free throughout the summer, and the Olympics being beamed later in July and August.
Wimbledon at Screen on the Canal, King's Cross. Free entry, 1-14 July 2024.
Watch Wimbledon at St James's Market
St James’s Market, between Haymarket and Regent Street, shows Wimbledon (and the summer's other big sporting events) on the big screen, with deck chairs available. It's free to watch, with food and drink available to buy from nearby businesses.
Wimbledon screenings at Metropolis London, Vauxhall
Street food hub Metropolis London is showing the tennis on its huge screens, with a bar on hand serving beer and summer cocktails, and 11 street food vendors serving up dishes from chicken to tacos to gelato.
Wimbledon at Metropolis London, Vauxhall. 1-14 July 2024.
Wimbledon screenings at BST Hyde Park 2024
BST Hyde Park is a huge music festival taking place over three weekends in June and July. On the weekdays in between, the festival set-up is used for Open House, a free festival of entertainment that's open to everyone, offering live music, film screenings... and Wimbledon screenings on certain days of the tournament.
Wimbledon screenings at BST Hyde Park, free, 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 11 July 2024.
Wimbledon screenings at Eccleston Yards, Belgravia
As part of the Summer of Sport at Belgravia courtyard Eccleston Yards, every day of Wimbledon is being shown on the large open-air screen. 100 seats consisting of beanbags, deckchairs and picnic benches are available free on a first-come-first-served basis, and refreshments are available to buy from local businesses, including an Amie Wine pop-up bar.
Wimbledon at Eccleston Yards, free, 1-14 July 2024.
Watch Wimbledon at Spitalfields Market
Grab a deckchair in front of the 188-inch screen on Bishops Square in Spitalfields Market, and watch Wimbledon for free for the two-week duration of the tournament (plus the Olympics, the Hundred Cricket and the Paralympics are screened here later in the summer). This being Spitalfields, opportunities for refreshment are endless, including fish & chips from Wicked Fish, birria tacos at Dos Mast Tacos, vegan wraps at Moving Mountains and pizza at Sud Italia. Ace!
Wimbledon screenings at Spitalfields Market, free, 1-14 July 2024.
Watch Wimbledon at Fleet Street
There's space for up to 500 tennis lovers to watch the large Wimbledon screens in the open-air at New Street Square (Monday-Friday only). Elsewhere in the Fleet Street Quarter, a far smaller fan zone with capacity for just 25 (!) people pops up in Fleet Place — with the KERB street food market nearby.
Wimbledon screenings at Fleet Street Quarter, free, 1-14 July 20244.
Wimbledon screenings at Lyric Square, Hammersmith
As part of the local Summer Festival, deckchairs will be available in Lyric Square in Hammersmith, offering tennis fans somewhere to sit and watch matches on a large screen, every day of the tournament.
Wimbledon screenings in Hammersmith, free, 1-14 July 2024.
Watch Wimbledon at Ham Yard Hotel
Soho's Ham Yard Hotel transforms its courytard into 'Centre-Court Yard' for the two weeks of the Championships, showing the matches on a large outdoor screen (wireless headphones available) from 11am daily. The menu's had a makeover too, with strawberries and cream available, along with themed cocktails Grand Slam Spritz and the Ham Yard Ace Cup, and a special Wimbledon afternoon tea.
Centre-Court Yard at the Ham Yard Hotel, 1-14 July 2024.
Watch Wimbledon on the floating screen at St Katharine Docks
Screen on the Water is back at St Katharine Docks, showing Wimbledon on a large screen on a floating pontoon. It's free entry on a first come, first served basis, and there's a bar nearby sellings cocktails, beer, prosecco, and strawberries and cream.
Wimbledon screenings at St Katharine Docks, free, 2-14 July 2024.
Wimbledon 2024 screenings at Summer in the Square, Marylebone
The usually-private Portman Square Garden in Marylebone once again opens to the public for a few days for Summer in the Square, a free outdoor festival which includes screenings of the final few days of Wimbledon. Street food stalls and bars are rolled into the occasion, so there are plenty of options for staying fed and watered while your eyes dart left, right, left, right...
Summer in the Square, Marylebone. Free entry, 9-14 July 2024.
Watch the Wimbledon Finals at Rooftop Film Club
Legendary outdoor cinema venue Rooftop Film Club puts the flicks to one side to screen the tennis over Wimbledon Finals weekend. The Bussey Building in Peckham shows the Women's Final on Saturday 13 July and Men's Final on Sunday 14 July. Pimms and pizza are available to buy on site.
Wimbledon Finals at Rooftop Film Club Peckham. 13 July and 14 July.
Other places to watch Wimbledon 2024 in London:
- Islington Square on Upper Street, Islington
- The Wimbledon Experience at Battersea Power Station
- Strawberries & Screen at Duke of York's Square, Chelsea
- Sugar House Island, Bow
- Devonshire Square, Liverpool Street
- One New Change, St Paul's
- Cardinal Place, Victoria
Pubs in Wimbledon showing tennis
If you want to get as close to the action as you can without a ticket, the following local boozers in the Wimbledon area have confirmed they'll be screening the tennis:
