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,
Upminster Hall owned by the Branfil family from 1685 until it was bought by Major Godfrey Pike in 1921. It became the clubhouse of Upminster Golf Club in 1927 It has been listed Grade II* on the National Heritage List for England since January 1955. Upminster Hall Upminster Hall is a historic house in Upminster, London, England. It is now the clubhouse of the Upminster Golf Club. King Harold II gave the manor of Upminster Hall to the abbotts of Waltham Abbey in around the year 1050. The present house, which dates from circa 1500, remained in the ownership of the abbey