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<br/>The river Ember flows over this weir. The bridge is the railway line between Hersham and Esher
©steve
Dist:0.4km north<br/>A non-race day at Sandown Park, Esher.
©Colin Smith
Dist:0.5km south<br/>This is the Edwin Lutyens designed amphitheatre in the grounds of [[718471]]
©Glyn Baker
Dist:0.5km south<br/>This is the view from the gardens of [[718471]] the body of water in the distance is Island Barn Reservoir if you have good eyes you might just be able to make out the arch of the New Wembley Stadium on the Horizon.
©Glyn Baker
Dist:0.6km south<br/>This is the rear elevation of [[718471]] , the training college of Unite the union. See http://www.amicustheunion.org/PDF/Esher History2.pdf for a full history.
©Glyn Baker
Dist:0.6km south<br/>This is Esher Place the training college of Unite the union see http://www.amicustheunion.org/Default.aspx?page=111. Unite was formed by the merger of amicus and the T&GWU in 2007. The present building was built in the early 19th Century in the style of a French chateaux. In the 1930’s it was converted for use as a Girls School, in 1953 it became the U.K’s first residential training establishment for trades union reps. The Electricians Union paid £23,000 for it. The view is looking along the recently constructed residential block towards the main house. You can read a full history at http://www.amicustheunion.org/PDF/Esher History2.pdf
©Glyn Baker
Dist:0.6km south<br/>This statue of a Kneeling Venus is in the gardens of [[718471]] near the [[718526]]
©Glyn Baker
Dist:0.7km south<br/>A close up of the bark of the [[718560]] in the grounds of [[718471]] see another at [[718604]]
©Glyn Baker
Dist:0.7km south<br/>A close up of the bark of the [[718560]] in the grounds of [[718471]] see another at [[718612]]
©Glyn Baker
Dist:0.7km south<br/>This plaque is at the base of the [[718560]] in the grounds of [[718471]]
©Glyn Baker
Dist:0.7km south<br/>The large tree is the oldest example of a Tulip Tree Liriodendron tulipifera in the country it stands in the grounds of [[718471]] it was planted in 1685 see [[718581]]. Its bark has fantastic shapes see [[718604]]
©Glyn Baker
Dist:0.8km east<br/>The main building at Sandown Park Racecourse.
©Brendan and Ruth McCartney
Dist:1.0km south<br/>16th Century church behind the large pub on Esher Green. The stone building has a wooden bell tower. It has some Norman stones built into it.
©Colin Smith
Dist:1.0km south<br/>The centre of Esher, a very opulent commuter village in the Surrey stockbroker belt. Queen Victoria gave this fountain to Esher in 1877. She may have visited The Bear (background) afterwards!
©Colin Smith
Dist:1.0km south<br/>See [[1048777]].
©Mike Quinn

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