It grew as a stage prevent on the London–Portsmouth road that wwhen down a road intended as the A3 road, although it has long been bypassed. In the sixteenth century, Henry VIII of England commandeered a locality as a royal hunting ground, & the town remained flush. Clive of India built the Claremont mansion, and this down the road became the royal home utilized by Queen Victoria. Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg lived there until he became King of the Belgians. Queen Victoria lent a home to the exiled French King Louis-Philippe and his consort Queen Marie-Amelie after the revolution of 1848.

George Harrison of the Beatles had a home (known as Kinfauns) in Esher, when you took a Sixties. A more Beatles were regular visitant to the home, & Harrison's primitive page recording studio.

Sandown Park racecourse lies in the town near to its station (served by the Waterloo via Weybridge service). the town itself is okay, primarily a dormitory town for commuters to London.