What's On and Things To Do Around Esher

Come along to our annual charity Summer Fete & Dog Show at Princess Alice Hospice. There will be something for everyone; fun for the whole family!

Come one come all to celebrate the birth of our great Queen and learn about her happy childhood memories of Claremont. Booking Not Needed. Children are always welcome. Assistance Dogs only are welcome.

Traditional crafts to celebrate the life of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Come along and create a varity of different crafts with our friendly volunteers and discover how children entertained themselves over 100 years ago. Booking Not Needed. Children are always welcome. Assistance Dogs only are welcome.

Celebrate 100 years of women’s right to vote in the UK. Discover the stories and impact of the women who have visited Claremont and shaped its future. Booking Not Needed. Assistance Dogs only are welcome.

Bring along Teddy for a picnic followed by storytelling and singing by the Thatched Cottage. Booking Not Needed. Children are always welcome. Assistance Dogs only are welcome.

Who in your family is the best shot' See if you can score a bullseye at our archery event. Bring the whole family along to have a go at archery within the beautiful setting of our landscape garden. Booking Not Needed. Children are always welcome. Assistance Dogs only are welcome.

Come along and help us celebrate women’s history and witness some famous Suffrage moments in history. Egham Museum invites you to discover the lives of ordinary Egham residents at an extraordinary time, over 100 years ago.

Learn about the history of Claremont and the estate, on this enjoyable guided walk with one of our knowledgeable volunteers. Feel the history of Claremont come to life on a guided walk with one of our knowledgeable volunteers and take in the sights of a garden that was once the playground of royalty.

A static display of vintage cars on the Amphitheatre. Free admission for dads when accompanied by their children. Surrey Classic Vehicle Club have returned with another classic car display with a variety of cars from different eras. Booking Not Needed. Children are always welcome. Assistance Dogs only are welcome.

Join our friendly guide Hilary to find out about the trees mentioned in the works of Shakespeare. Investigate if any of the fabled trees mentioned in Shakespeare’s plays and poetry can be found at Claremont. A treat for literature aficionados and tree enthusiasts alike. Booking Not Needed.

Celebrate like the Victorians. Bring a sumptuous picnic, some friends and a bottle of wine to enjoy the beautiful garden on a summer’s evening as the sun sets. Visitors in Victorian costume are welcome and there will be a prize for the best dressed Victor. Booking Not Needed. Children are always welcome.

An established cottage style garden, designed and maintained by the owners who are passionate about gardening and plants. The garden is S-facing, with well stocked, colourful herbaceous borders containing a wide variety of perennials, evergreen and deciduous shrubs, a winding lawn area and a small garden retreat.

The renowned WEYBRIDGE MALE VOICE CHOIR enjoys a well-deserved reputation for the quality and high standard of its performance and is now under the inspired musical direction of young Jonathan Kilhams.

Romantic garden. Short woodland path leads from dovecote to beehives. Informal planting contrasts with formal topiary box and garlanded cisterns. Colourful courtyard and pots, conservatory, fountains, bog garden. Pleached avenue, circular gravel garden replacing most of the lawn.

Large Victorian sunken garden fringed by rose beds and lavender with a pond in the centre. An old acacia tree stands in the midst of the lawn. Interesting planting on a large mound camouflages an old underground air raid shelter. Caged vegetable garden. Formality adjacent to wilderness.

Romantic, secluded and peaceful garden of two halves designed and maintained by the owners. Part is shaded by two large copper beech trees with woodland planting. The second reached through a beech arch has cottage garden planting, pond and wooden obelisks covered with roses and sweet peas.

The sixth annual Food Festival returns to The Heart Shopping Centre in Walton-on-Thames over the weekend of 9th-10th June 2018. The free 2 day festival will line Nettlefold Walk with over 40 specialist stalls offering a variety of local, regional and international produce and freshly prepared dishes.

Peruvian fun cooking classes with Spanish for all levels of Spanish. Second Saturday of each month at 12pm-2pm Chessington, Surrey enjoy a sociable afternoon with Latin music, food and Spanish language. Vouchers available, great as a present for a love one.

Taking place in the stunning Tudor Courtyard, the Hampton Court Palace Festival provides world-class acts, a spectacular setting and the beautiful East Front Gardens to enjoy picnicking before the concert.

Come one, come all to our annual Barkin’ Mad Dog Show!  We have a wide variety of classes, both pedigree and novelty, with gorgeous rosettes awarded to the winners in the top 5 places, plus amazing goodie bags for the first 50 registrants. Registration begins at 11.30am and judging commences at noon.

Come and join in the fun at the annual Classic Car Show with hundreds of cars to view and dancing too! A great day out for all the family, bring a picnic (no BBQs), huge raffle, cake stall and vintage clothes for sale. Entry is open to all Vintage / Classic vehicles.

June is set to be a corking night in Sunbury with a great collection of comics on the bill. Our headliner is the glorious Phil Butler, who is a riotous act of expressive visual comedy, combined with childlike enjoyment and more than a little edge.

We are pleased to announce that the fourth annual Hampton Beer Festival will take place on the 15th and 16th of June 2018. We have a range of mostly local beers and ciders for you to try, and you’ll be helping us to raise money for local and national charities.

Not for profit Community Cricket Camps for 5-15 year olds, boys & girls, all abilities. Daily hard ball Twenty20 match for those hard ball able.

Not for profit Community Cricket Camps for 5-15 year olds, boys & girls, all abilities. Daily hard ball Twenty20 match for those hard ball able.

Running Time: 55 mins   Recommended for ages 3+. Join the woolly sheep, the hairy hog, the fat red hen and the dainty dog in this glittering stage adaptation of Julia Donaldson & Lydia Monks’ colourful farmyard adventure.

The Challenge The NPL Water Rocket Challenge has been running since 2003 with over 740 teams of six having participated. It has raised over £20,000 for charity and all proceeds from the day go towards the Shooting Star Chase children’s hospice charity.

If you love parrots, this is the show for you - a friendly atmosphere & a great family day out. The show will include just about everything for parrots, and about parrots.

Songs from the UK and the USA. Conducted by Musical Director Tim Woodford and accompanied by Hannah Stanley. Special Guest Solo Soprano Camilla Jeppeson

Our annual Water Rockets Challenge is happening on 20th June and open to schools, families, friends, colleagues, universities, businesses, youth clubs, or anyone wishing to enter. More info can be found here: www.npl.co.uk/educate-explore/water-rocket-challenge/

Bach to Baby is the critically acclaimed classical concert series for babies, toddlers and their carers. Tots dance, roam about and revel in the wonder of live music, while you take a moment out of your busy day to hear top notch performances by outstanding musicians, with your young babes in tow.

The Cantilena Trio will be performing an evening of classical favourites in the beautiful setting of St James Church.

6th Jun – 10th Jun 2018 Our Viewpoint exhibition showcases images from photographers that illustrate the range of effects that can be generated by selecting an ideal vantage point.

The two directors of Teddington Summer Music are joined by an ensemble led by the distinguished violinist Madeleine Mitchell and containing some of London’s finest string players for a programme brimming with good tunes and rich lyricism.

In this enticing programme, the sensuous and exotic sounds of the East are contrasted with two masterworks from the Austro-German tradition.

The final of the three Teddington Summer Music concerts. Favourites of Stage and Screen is the third and final concert of Teddington Summer Music at Normansfield Theatre this summer (the other concerts are the 2nd and 9th June).

4 gardens of diverse interest in an attractive West London suburb. With the backdrop of St James’s Church spire, 18 Cranmer Rd is a colourful garden with herbaceous and exotic borders and a WW2 air raid shelter transformed as rockery and water garden with azaleas, helianthemums and foliage plants.

On weekdays (excluding Bank Holidays) during Half Term, our popular car rides will be operating from 11am-1pm and from 2-4pm (subject to weather). Take a trip in a vintage-style car up Test Hill or along the Members’ Banking of the old Race Track, courtesy of the Brooklands Volunteer Car Rides Team.

The annual Brooklands Double Twelve Motorsport Festival returns on the 17th & 18th of June 2017, with a full weekend of Motorsport action.

London Bus Museum’s summer event returns in 2018 with live entertainment, extensive bus displays, including rarely-seen early examples, and smaller displays of taxis, commercials & emergency vehicles. There will be heritage bus trips, a large collectors’ market, music and children’s attractions.

Acclaimed jazz vocalist, Joanna Eden presents a loving tribute to her vocal hero - Ella Fitzgerald. Joanna is accompanied by her world-class band: Simon Brown - piano, George Double - drums and Arnie Somogyi - bass

An exhibition of fine art, photography, Korean painting, crafts and contemporary art work selected by artists from the Korean Art Association. A vibrant collection that encompasses Korean traditions, culture, life style and landscape

Finlandia sets the scene for Thames Philharmonia’s celebration of the great Finnish composer, Sibelius. Talented young violinist Hee-jin Kwon, a rising star in her home country of South Korea, joins the orchestra as soloist in Sibelius’ hauntingly beautiful violin concerto.

Teddington’s annual summer free party organised by the Landmark, Teddington Society and St Mary with St Alban Church. Expect great entertainment including live music, family show, lots of stalls, food and drink with all profits going to local charities.

Look beneath Epsom’s respectable surface whilst you stroll around its ancient town centre. Discover dark deeds, wrongdoings and ghosts who won’t rest in peace. Hear tales of Epsom’s own highwayman and the life of the evil Lord Rochester, together with the even more wicked Lord Lyttleton.