Historic house · Esher · Surrey

Claremont

Claremont is a country house and gardens in Esher, Surrey. It counts as a Grade I listed building. Look also at Hampton Court Palace, 5.3 km away, first of 138 more within 15 km.

Photo: Claremont, Heathermitch (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

In Esher

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 11%

#885 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–23°C

In brief

Historic house in Esher

Inside Esher

Claremont is inside Esher’s built-up area, with 23 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade I listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Esher has 70 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Seasons and weather

Afternoons in Esher reach 18–23°C from May to September.

Jan8° / 2°62 mm

Feb9° / 2°46 mm

Mar12° / 4°40 mm

Apr15° / 5°44 mm

May18° / 8°45 mm

Jun21° / 11°49 mm

Jul23° / 13°46 mm

Aug23° / 13°56 mm

Sep20° / 11°53 mm

Oct16° / 8°70 mm

Nov11° / 5°71 mm

Dec9° / 3°63 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Esher, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Esher. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Esher’s full climate →

About

Claremont

Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 9 languages.

Esher’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Historic house
Listed: Grade I listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 9 languages
Town: in Esher

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Getting your bearings

Orange: Claremont.

Towns near it

Bases near Claremont

Among the 8, Kingston upon Thames is the biggest, home to 166,333 people. From nearest to farthest, these towns all list it.

1 · It’s in town

Esher

9,484 people · 40 places to visit

2 · 1.1 km northeast of it

West Molesey

47,144 people · 36 places to visit

3 · 1.2 km west of it

Hersham

12,622 people · 46 places to visit

4 · 1.3 km south of it

Cobham

17,505 people · 50 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Claremont is	People	Places to visit
Esher	It’s in town	9,484	40
West Molesey	1.1 km northeast of it	47,144	36
Hersham	1.2 km west of it	12,622	46
Cobham	1.3 km south of it	17,505	50
Walton-on-Thames	2.3 km northwest of it	27,016	32
Kingston upon Thames	3.5 km northeast of it	166,333	67
Weybridge	4.1 km west of it	15,918	45
Byfleet	4.5 km west of it	14,187	35

Make a day of it

More to see nearby

The 138 places within 15 km include 5 historic houses, 2 gardens and a theme park.

Historic house · Historic Royal PalacesHampton Court Palace5.3 km away 2

GardenKew Gardens14 km away 3

Garden · National TrustNational Trust - Claremont Landscape Gardens700 m away 4Theme parkBig drawTheme parkThorpe Park11 km away · 1.6M visitors a year (2024)5

Historic houseNonsuch Palace9 km away 6

Historic houseStrawberry Hill House9.1 km away 7

Historic house · National TrustOsterley House14 km away · 350K visitors a year 8

Historic houseRichmond Palace12 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Claremont, answered

Where is Claremont?

Claremont is in Esher, Surrey, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Claremont?

Country house and gardens in Esher, Surrey, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Claremont?

May to September are the warmest months in Esher, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Claremont a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near Claremont?

Within 15 km: Hampton Court Palace (5.3 km), Kew Gardens (14 km), National Trust - Claremont Landscape Gardens (700 m) and Thorpe Park (11 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (8)

Claremont: Heathermitch, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Hampton Court Palace: Ricardalovesmonuments, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kew Gardens: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Trust - Claremont Landscape Gardens: ogwen, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Nonsuch Palace: Joris Hoefnagel, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Strawberry Hill House: Chiswick Chap, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Osterley House: Osterley Park House, London-25June2009.jpg: Jim Linwood derivative work: Snowmanradio, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Richmond Palace: Patche99z, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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