Photo: David Howard, CC BY-SA 2.0Esher has the National Trust's Claremont Landscape Garden on its southern edge, Sandown Park racecourse beside the town, and Esher Common for woodland walks.
Photo: Hugh Venables, CC BY-SA 2.0A Jockey Club racecourse in Esher hosting jump racing through the winter and flat racing from spring, including the Tingle Creek Festival in December. Racedays draw families as well as racing fans.
Photo of Esher: David Howard, CC BY-SA 2.0A 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: nick macneill, CC BY-SA 2.0An 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: David Howard, CC BY-SA 2.0A 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.
Photo of Walton-on-Thames: Stacey Harris, CC BY-SA 2.0An easy, level stretch of the Thames Path national trail heading upstream from Walton Bridge towards the Shepperton ferry, with river views and reservoirs nearby. Surrey County Council lists it as one of its easy walks.
Photo: David Howard, CC BY-SA 2.0A restored two-acre 18th-century walled garden in Sunbury Park, run by Spelthorne Council and holder of Green Flag status. Knot gardens, parterres and Victorian and modern rose gardens surround the Lendy Memorial, and the gallery displays the Sunbury Millennium Embroidery.
Photo: Len Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0A 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.
Photo: Amandajm, CC BY-SA 3.0A 160-acre 18th-century landscape garden in Cobham, laid out as a series of views around a serpentine lake with follies placed along the way. It is run by an independent charity, Painshill Park Trust, and the old house is private and not part of the visit.
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0A 400-acre country park on the north-west edge of Epsom, about half of it a Local Nature Reserve of fields, hedgerows, ancient coppice woodland and ponds. Paths are open to walkers, cyclists and riders, and Hobbledown, a golf centre and an equestrian centre share the site.
Photo of Esher: David Howard, CC BY-SA 2.0Garson Farm's pick-your-own pumpkin event has a circus theme for 2026, with carnival-style games and decorated photo scenes among thousands of pumpkins of every shape and size.
Photo of Esher: David Howard, CC BY-SA 2.0Children find out whether they have what it takes to be an official Christmas elf on a trail around Claremont's lake. They get an elf name, track down Father Christmas's reindeer and do some elf fitness training.
Photo of Walton-on-Thames: Stacey Harris, CC BY-SA 2.0Esher Rugby Club's annual fireworks night combines a display with a funfair, street food and live entertainment at its Molesey Road ground.
The not-for-profit health club in Thames Ditton holds an early-evening fireworks night with a Halloween feel, a funfair and stalls. The 6.30pm display suits families with younger children.
Photo of Walton-on-Thames: Stacey Harris, CC BY-SA 2.0Love Walton's annual start to Christmas brings a full lantern parade, a Christmas market and live entertainment to Walton-on-Thames town centre.
Photo of Weybridge: David Howard, CC BY-SA 2.0Cleves School PTA's annual fireworks night in Weybridge, with a funfair and food and drink alongside the display. All proceeds go to the school.
Photo of Cobham: Stacey Harris, CC BY-SA 2.0Painshill runs outdoor sessions for children over half-term in its 18th-century landscape garden. Whispers in the Woods is an interactive storytelling tree walk with woodland characters, and Woodland Hideouts has children building a den from natural materials.
Photo: Hugh Venables, CC BY-SA 2.0A Jockey Club racecourse in Esher hosting jump racing through the winter and flat racing from spring, including the Tingle Creek Festival in December. Racedays draw families as well as racing fans.
Photo of Esher: David Howard, CC BY-SA 2.0A 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: David Howard, CC BY-SA 2.0A restored two-acre 18th-century walled garden in Sunbury Park, run by Spelthorne Council and holder of Green Flag status. Knot gardens, parterres and Victorian and modern rose gardens surround the Lendy Memorial, and the gallery displays the Sunbury Millennium Embroidery.
Photo: Len Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0A 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.
Photo: David Howard, CC BY-SA 2.0A 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.
Photo of Walton-on-Thames: Stacey Harris, CC BY-SA 2.0An easy, level stretch of the Thames Path national trail heading upstream from Walton Bridge towards the Shepperton ferry, with river views and reservoirs nearby. Surrey County Council lists it as one of its easy walks.
Photo: David Howard, CC BY-SA 2.0A restored two-acre 18th-century walled garden in Sunbury Park, run by Spelthorne Council and holder of Green Flag status. Knot gardens, parterres and Victorian and modern rose gardens surround the Lendy Memorial, and the gallery displays the Sunbury Millennium Embroidery.
Photo: Len Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0A 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.
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0A 400-acre country park on the north-west edge of Epsom, about half of it a Local Nature Reserve of fields, hedgerows, ancient coppice woodland and ponds. Paths are open to walkers, cyclists and riders, and Hobbledown, a golf centre and an equestrian centre share the site.
