Tramlink from Croydon ( tfl.gov.uk) take around 30 minutes. Singles £1.45 with Oyster Card, £2.40 without.
London General (020 8545 6100; londongeneral.co.uk) runs shuttle buses from Wimbledon railway station to the AELTC (£3.50 single, £5 return) and buses to and from central London, with stops including King's Cross-St Pancras and Victoria (£6.50 single and £11 return, or £5.50 single and £8 return for concessions, children or Oyster Card holders.)
Car Park 6 in Wimbledon Park opens at 6am (£25 pre-booked, £30 on the day). For other options see theaa.com/wimbledon.
Not got £880? Roll up with your tent to Wimbledon Park (Photo: Getty)
Not got a ticket?
Money no object? Official ticket suppliers, Ticketmaster's Get Me In ( getmein.com), offer Debenture seats on Centre Court from £880 and at 9am daily release an allocation of 500 tickets for the next day's play, while Keith Prowse (0845 1269800; keithprowse.co.uk) and Sportsworld (020 8712 966; sportsworld.co.uk) supply the official hospitality packages.
For the rest of us, it's The Queue: roll up with your tent to Wimbledon Park, Church Road side, the night before and you will receive a non-transferable numbered and dated Queue Card and a leaflet of rules. The first campers should not arrive before 8am on Sunday 22 June. Reveille is 6am and you store luggage before getting in line for Gate 3. There are approximately 500 tickets each for Centre Court (excluding final four days) and Courts 1 and 2, and several thousand more for ground admission.
Day Queuers should arrive long before opening time at 9.30am for daytime ground admission (£8 to £20 before 5pm, £5 to £14 after), squeezing into courts when space is available or joining the cheery crowd on Henman Hill/Murray Mound.
Once inside, you can queue - yes! - after 3pm in order to purchase returned show court tickets for £5 or Centre Court tickets for £10 from the Ticket Resale Kiosk north of Court 18.
See wimbledon.com for further information.
Day Queuers should arrive long before opening time at 9.30am (Photo: Getty)
How much?
From £28, rising to £148 for a Centre Court ticket on Finals Day. Even those in The Queue pay the standard prices and there are no free vantage points unless you own a flat overlooking the ground.
Best day to go
Finals day, of course, but the real joy of Wimbledon is that in the early stages of the tournament you can see sensational matches on the outer courts, with players just feet away from spectators.
Quirks
The spectacular range of outfits worn by Wimbledon staff, from ballboys (green and purple) to linesmen (blue blazers with white edging), and players in what is meant to be entirely pristine white.
Green and purple - the colours of Wimbledon (Photo: Getty)
What to wear
Casual but not scruffy, unless you are in the Royal Box, in which case it's formal. Take a hat for sun, not fashion, purposes; SW19 can be blistering. Honestly. Flat shoes and waterproofs with hood are handy.
Where to stay
The newly opened Dog & Fox, 24 Wimbledon High Street, SW19 5EA (020 8946 6565; dogandfoxwimbledon.co.uk) has doubles available from £215 bed and breakfast including VAT.
The Park Plaza County Hall and Park Plaza Westminster Bridge (0844 415 6760; parkplaza.com), both a short walk from Waterloo, still have doubles available, starting from £179 on Sundays and from £279 midweek, room only, including VAT.
Travelodge has two hotels in Kingston (0871 984 6241; travelodge.co.uk), three miles and four train stops from Wimbledon. Doubles from £60, room only, including VAT.
Lurk near the Aorangi Pavilion to see players' post-match interviews and ask for autographs.
Other options?
Two tournaments dominate the run-up to Wimbledon:
The Aegon Championships ( aegonchampionships.com), June 9 - 15 at The Queen's Club, Palliser Road, London W14 9EQ, which has limited tickets available from next Monday to Wednesday (ground admission £19, stand seats from £36.)
The Aegon International (0844 581 3015; aegoninternational.co.uk), June 14 - 21 2014, has been taking place at Devonshire Park, Eastbourne for 40 years and many Wimbledon players' use it as a warm-up. It's free entry on Saturday 14 - otherwise tickets are £19 adults, £7 children.
Andy Murray ends a 77-year wait (Photo: Getty)
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