Where to Stay in Esher, England

What is Esher known for?

Dragon's Fury, Croc Drop, Scorpion Express, Runaway Train, Tiger Rock, Rattlesnake, Kobra and Terror Tomb fill out the attraction list around Esher, an unusual weight of fairground names for a town in the borough of Elmbridge. Wayneflete Tower answers for the older side. The Homewood and Esher Place carry the rest of it.

What are the main landmarks in Esher?

Churches and rides split the list. St George's Church, Esher, the Church of All Saints, the Church of St Peter and Christ Church cover the parishes, with Hinchley Wood Church and the Church of St Mary, East Molesey beyond them. Wayneflete Tower is the oldest survivor.

Esher Place, Sandown House, Picton House, The Pavilion and the Home of Compassion follow it, and The Homewood answers for the newer building. Peeking Heights and The 5th Dimension close the ride list.

What is the history of Esher?

Wayneflete Tower is the anchor. No founding year is recorded for Esher, so the town's past is read off its buildings instead, and the tower with Esher Place beside it stands for the estate layer that shaped this corner of Elmbridge. The Pavilion and Sandown House sit in the same company.

Picton House and the Home of Compassion carry names that outlasted whatever first put them up. Esher Place kept the tower's name in use. The parishes came next.

St George's Church, Esher, the Church of All Saints, the Church of St Peter and Christ Church record the spread of worship across the town and its neighbours, while the Church of St Nicholas, Thames Ditton, the Church of St Mary, Long Ditton and the Church of St Mary, East Molesey do the same for the older villages of north Surrey. Hinchley Wood Church is a later arrival. Ride names crowd the recent record instead, Dragon's Fury, Scorpion Express, Runaway Train, Rattlesnake, Kobra and The 5th Dimension among them, and they belong to a kind of attraction the parish churches and estate houses never anticipated.

Where is Esher?

The Mole runs past. Esher lies to the east of the River Mole, in the borough of Elmbridge in north Surrey, with Thames Ditton, Long Ditton, East Molesey and Hinchley Wood set around it as separate settlements rather than suburbs of one another. Elmbridge holds them all together.

Esher Place and Sandown House mark the older ground inside the town itself.

What is the climate of Esher?

Nothing here turns severe. Esher shares the temperate weather of north Surrey, the ground either side of the River Mole taking the same mild year as the rest of the borough of Elmbridge. Wet days in Esher still have their places.

Wayneflete Tower, St George's Church, Esher and The Homewood suit the grey ones, while Dragon's Fury, Croc Drop and Tiger Rock want the bright.

How do you get to Esher?

Elmbridge is the frame for arrivals. Most approaches to Esher come through the borough's other towns, Thames Ditton, East Molesey, Long Ditton and Hinchley Wood, since it sits among them rather than at the end of any single route. The River Mole is the one natural edge.

Anyone arriving for Dragon's Fury, Croc Drop or Scorpion Express treats the town as the last named stop before the rides.