Amateur Athletic Club
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The Amateur Athletic Club or AAC was the predecessor of the Amateur Athletic Association and from 1866 to 1879 was the de facto governing body for amateur athletics in the United Kingdom. The club was
The 1865 Civil Service Athletics at Beaufort House, Walham Green - the site of the 1866 AAC championships.
Walham Green
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Walham Green is the historic name of an English village, now part of inner London, in the parish of Fulham in the County of Middlesex. It was located between the hamlet of North End to the north, and
Amateur Athletic Club
…institute an Annual Open Athletics Championship and the first of these known as the AAC Championships took place on 23 March 1866 at Beaufort House, Walham Green, a venue already known for hosting athletics, such as the 1865 Civil Service Athletics competition. Contemporary sources reported that the event was a…
Fulham Broadway, site of the former 'Granville Theatre'.
Entrance to Fulham Broadway station.