Esher Commons
Esher, Elmbridge
Photo: David Howard, CC BY-SA 2.0Photo: David Howard, CC BY-SA 2.0
A 360-hectare patchwork of woodland, heathland and wetland stretching from Esher to Cobham and from Oxshott to West End, managed by Elmbridge Council. The commons are a Site of Special Scientific Interest for their rare butterflies, beetles and reptiles.
Highlights
- Woodland, heath and wetland walks
- Site of Special Scientific Interest since 1995
- Medieval common land with a long history
- Rare butterflies, beetles and reptiles
Good to know
- Paths cross woodland, heath and wetland, so expect mud in wet weather
- Claremont Landscape Garden is also on the Portsmouth Road in Esher
Getting there
Esher Commons, Portsmouth Road, Esher, Surrey, KT10 9JLParking: See Elmbridge Council's countryside leaflets for car parks and routes around the commons.
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Nearby
Photo: nick macneill, CC BY-SA 2.0Claremont Landscape Garden
An 18th-century garden shaped by Vanbrugh, Bridgeman, William Kent and Capability Brown, once a royal retreat for Princess Charlotte and later bought by Queen Victoria. Paths lead round a serpentine lake to a grass amphitheatre, a grotto and the Belvedere Tower.
Photo of Esher: David Howard, CC BY-SA 2.0Garsons Esher (Garson Farm)
A farm in West End, Esher, with a garden centre, farm shop and restaurant, and a 150-acre pick your own farm growing fruit, vegetables and flowers in season. Autumn brings a ticketed pumpkin event in the fields.
Photo: Len Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0Cobham Mill
A Grade II listed early 19th-century watermill on the River Mole, restored by volunteers after decades of neglect and now the only fully working watermill in Surrey. On open days the team mills corn and shows a short film about the restoration.