With the 2016 Wimbledon Tennis Championship tournament beginning today, visitors will see newly unveiled pavement plaques marking The Wimbledon Way.

The route can be found by walking anywhere between The Polka Theatre at the far end of The Broadway, Wimbledon Railway station, up Wimbledon Hill Road to Wimbledon Village, Wimbledon Common and down Church Road to the All England Lawn Tennis Club.

The circular plaques, which have been set into the pavement, are there to help complement the route. There are 28 points of interest, details of which are available on thewimbledonway.org.

Stephen Alambritis, Merton Council leader, said: “The Wimbledon Way project is an exciting initiative and the council is encouraging as many people as possible to walk to this year’s Wimbledon Tennis Championship using the new route.”

The project has been pushed through by Merton Council, Merton Chamber of Commerce, and Love Wimbledon.

Diana Sterck, chief executive of Merton Chamber of Commerce, the organisation who initiated the £45,000 Wimbledon Way legacy project for Wimbledon as a result of the 2012 Olympics, said: “Wimbledon as a whole is a wonderful asset and we want people to spend time with us, visit our businesses and appreciate all of the area’s rich heritage and culture.”