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Accreditation for press and photographers for the 2008 Championships has now closed. We will not be accepting any more applications.

General media enquiries

The All England Club has retained public relations consultancy Fast Track (formerly Bell Pottinger) to handle all general media enquiries (not accreditation) for The All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) and The Championships.

Contact Johnny Perkins or Sarah Hames on + 44 (0)20 7096 5837
johnny.perkins@fasttrackagency.com
sarah.hames@fasttrackagency.com

Wimbledon Media Centre

The AELTC offers an information service to accredited and non-accredited members of the media. Accredited members of the press can access the Wimbledon Media Centre by clicking on the link below.

Go to the Wimbledon Media Centre

Information sheets

The Club produces a number of information sheets on commonly requested topics. These are available below.

 AELTC & the Local Community
 Anti-Doping
 Ball Boys and Ball Girls
 Catering
 Debentures
 Environmental Practices
 Finance
 Grasscourts - General
 Grasscourts - Preparation
 Hospitality
 Information Technology
 Long Term Plan
 Merchandising
 Official Supplier
 Order of Play
 Road to Wimbledon
 Royal Box
 Television
 Tickets

Press/radio accreditation

Press accreditation is handled by the Press Operations Manager. Journalists accredited to The Championships are: daily newspapers, evening newspapers, Sunday newspapers, international wire services and news agencies, specialist tennis/sport magazines.

Priority is given to those journalists/radio reporters filing daily reports for the tournament. Applications should be supported by the Editor or Sports Editor in writing on headed notepaper of the publication or organisation concerned.

No unheaded letters will be considered. No application from freelancers or ghost writers will be accepted. We do not grant accreditation to journalists writing solely for the internet.

Photographers' accreditation

Photographers' accreditation is handled by the Photographers' Liaison Manager.

Broadcast accreditation

Broadcast accreditation is handled by the Broadcast Liaison Manager. Accreditation is arranged directly with affiliated broadcasters and no individual applications are accepted.

If you have an enquiry relating to accreditation, please fax the AELTC Press Office on +44 (0)20 8947 8752. Please use headed notepaper on all correspondence with the All England Club.

Archive footage

The Wimbledon Archive is a stunning collection that comprises more than 7,000 hours of official footage and programming from The Championships dating back as far as 1900.

For the full Wimbledon Archive Collection please click on the following link.

The Wimbledon Archive

Historical or research enquiries

The Kenneth Ritchie Wimbledon Library, which is part of The Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum, contains an outstanding collection of British and foreign lawn tennis books, annuals, periodicals, programmes, newspaper cuttings, video cassettes, etc., which is available for study and research.

The library is open Monday to Friday, 10.30am - 1pm and 2pm - 5 pm but is closed to the public during The Championships. Admission is by appointment and readers should apply by post to:

Kenneth Ritchie Wimbledon Library
Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum
The All England Lawn Tennis Club
Church Road
Wimbledon SW19 5AE

or telephone (020) 8879 5609