Merton / Wandsworth · managed by Wimbledon and Putney Commons Conservators
Wimbledon Common and the Windmill
network · moderate
Off-lead rules
Off-lead rules unverified
We could not find an official source stating the off-lead position here, so we are not stating one. Public Spaces Protection Orders are enforceable and carry fixed penalties — check the borough council’s current order before letting your dog off the lead.
The walk itself
- Start point
- Windmill car park, Windmill Road
- Nearest station
- Wimbledon
- Terrain
- heathland, woodland, ponds and bogs
- Surface
- unsurfaced tracks and horse rides
- Mud
- high
- How quiet
- high
- Suits a reactive dog
- good
- Water access
- Yes
- Swimming allowed
- Not stated
- Livestock
- No
- Wildlife
- high
- Stiles
- Not stated
- Gates
- No
- Lighting
- No
- Toilets
- Not stated
- Waste bins
- Not stated
- Parking
- Yes
- Café on site
- Not stated
“Not stated” means our source did not cover it. We leave gaps rather than fill them.
Notes
BLOCKER: wpcc.org.uk returned HTTP 403 to every automated fetch attempt, so no verbatim quote could be captured and off-lead status is unverified. Search indexing of the Conservators' pages indicates a 4-dogs-per-group byelaw limit, on-lead around ponds during the 1 March to 31 August bird nesting season, and a byelaw keeping dogs out of Queensmere in that season - all UNVERIFIED. Needs a manual browser check. Coordinate from Wikipedia infobox.
Where to eat afterwards
Verified dog-friendly venues within about two kilometres, closest first. Straight-line distance, not walking distance.
- The Rose & Crown
1.3 km · dogs inside
- The Dog & Fox
1.5 km · dogs inside
- Megan's in the Village
1.6 km · dogs inside
Rules changed?
PSPOs get renewed and amended. If the signage on the ground disagrees with what is here, the signage is right and we are wrong — please tell us.
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