The Wombles are fictional pointy-nosed, furry creatures created by Elisabeth Beresford and originally appearing in a series of children's novels from 1968. They live in burrows, where they aim to help the environment by collecting and recycling rubbish in creative ways. Although Wombles supposedly live in every country in the world, Beresford's stories are primarily concerned with the lives of the inhabitants of the burrow on Wimbledon Common in London, England.
Haydon the Womble, mascot of AFC Wimbledon.
L-R Great Uncle Bulgaria, Bungo and Stepney (plus Tobermory the handyman in picture on wall), in one of the rooms in the burrow. Photo taken at National Media Museum, Bradford, UK.
Wimbledon Common is a large open space in Wimbledon, southwest London. There are three named areas: Wimbledon Common, Putney Heath, and Putney Lower Common, which together are managed under the name Wimbledon and Putney Commons totalling 460 hectares. Putney Lower Common is set apart from the rest of the Common by a minimum of 1 mile of the built-up western end of Putney.
Wimbledon Common
The windmill in February 2005
Remains of the ditch between the two main ramparts of the Iron Age hill fort
The Horse Ride is a tree tunnel (route overhung by trees) on the western side of Wimbledon Common
