Visit Esher Places

Welcome to Visit Esher Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Esher

  

Esher Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Esher

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Esher history

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Esher appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Aissela and Aissele. Its domesday assets were: 14 hides, 6 ploughs and 2 acres (8,100 m) of meadow. It rendered £6 2s 0d per year to its feudal overlords. In 1841 Esher had 1261 inhabitants across 2,075 acres (840 ha) in 1841.

You can visit Esher places with Walkfo Esher to hear history at Esher’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Esher has 65 places to visit in our interactive Esher map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Esher, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Esher places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Esher & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 65 audio facts unique to Esher places in an interactive Esher map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Esher Places Map
65 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Esher historic spots	Esher tourist destinations	Esher plaques	Esher geographic features
Walkfo Esher tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Esher

  

Best Esher places to visit

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Esher has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Esher’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Esher’s information audio spots:

River Ember The River Ember is a short river in the north of Surrey, England . It is a channel of the River Mole which splits in two south of Island Barn Reservoir, between East Molesey and Lower Green, Esher . The two rivers then flow side by side approximately north east and merge 400 metres before joining River Thames .

Giggs Hill Green Giggs Hill Green is a triangular park in Thames Ditton bordered on one side by the Portsmouth Road which has, since 1833, contained as a major part of it, the village’s cricket green .

Sandown Park Racecourse Sandown Park is a horse racing course and leisure venue in Esher, Surrey . It hosts 5 Grade One National Hunt races and one Group 1 flat race, the Eclipse Stakes . The venue has hosted bands such as UB40, Madness, Girls Aloud, Spandau Ballet and Simply Red .

The Homewood The Homewood is a modernist house in Esher, Surrey, England. Designed by architect Patrick Gwynne for his parents, it was given to the National Trust in 1999.

Oxshott Heath and Woods Oxshott Heath and Woods covers approximately 200 acres (81 ha) It is owned by a local authority, but historic rights of access and gathering dead wood where necessary for individual fires are shared and exercised by landowners. The area has existed since the end of the 19th century.

Oxshott railway station Oxshott railway station is 16 miles 79 chains (27.3 km) down the line from London Waterloo. The station is on the New Guildford Line, and is served by trains from Waterloo to Guildford via Cobham.

Walton and Weybridge Urban District Walton and Weybridge Urban District was a local government district in Surrey, England from 1933 to 1974. It was one of the largest urban areas in the country’s history.

Claremont (country house) Claremont, also known historically as ‘Clermont’, is an 18th-century Palladian mansion less than a mile south of the centre of Esher in Surrey. The buildings are now occupied by Claremont Fan Court School, and its landscaped gardens are owned and managed by the National Trust.

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