Wimbledon, London as well as for Elisabeth Beresford's series of children's stories about the Wombles. Wimbledon was given as the site where the sixth Martian invasion cylinder landed in H.G. Wells' book "The War of the Worlds" and is mentioned briefly in the same author's "The Time Machine" and "When the Sleeper Wakes". Each October thousands attend the Wimbledon BookFest, which has been running since 2006. Over 60 events are held around Wimbledon, including at the Big Tent on the Common. Wimbledon, London Wimbledon is a district and town of south-west London, England, south-west of the centre of London at Charing Cross,
Hornchurch and Upminster (UK Parliament constituency) Census. The seat, like the London borough, is the only one in London that extends beyond the M25 motorway. The seat was the proposal of the Boundary Commission's Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies in 2008-9 and was after consultation accepted by Parliament. Hornchurch and Upminster is essentially an expansion of the old Upminster seat to include a chunk of the old Hornchurch seat – specifically Hornchurch itself. Most of the western wards of Hornchurch went to the new Dagenham and Rainham seat. The constituency of Hornchurch and Upminster is made up of eight electoral wards from the London Borough