West End is a neighbourhood or locality of

Esher Esher ( ) is a town in Surrey, England, to the east of the River Mole. Esher is an outlying suburb of London near the London-Surrey Border, and with Esher Commons at its southern end, the town marks one limit of the Greater London Built-Up ...

, Surrey,

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centred south-west of the town centre. West End comprises a large green, pick-your-own farm with large garden centre, houses, small number of house conversion-style flats, a pub, a disused school building and chapel, grouped around a large green with a pond. It abuts West End Common, which is part of

Esher Commons Esher Commons is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-west of Esher in Surrey. It includes Esher Common, Fairmile Common, West End Common and Oxshott Heath. Esher Common and West End Common are Local Nature Reserves. Geology ...

an outcrop of the

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of a subsoil of sands, peats and gravels, being the part of the Commons nearest the

River Mole The River Mole is a tributary of the River Thames in southern England. It rises in West Sussex near Gatwick Airport and flows northwest through Surrey for to the Thames at Hampton Court Palace. The river gives its name to the Surrey distri ...

. The settlement became more than an archetypal hamlet in the mid-19th century with many of the houses dating from the

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. West End is also home to a large garden centre - Garsons Garden Centre. The site also houses a farm shop, a children's playground and a pick your own field, particularly popular in summer. Next to Garsons, there is also a bathtub and swimming pool shop, Poolclean. The chapel has been converted to the West End Village Hall, which is used during school term time as the home of West End Playgroup & Forest School. West End, Esher, 8th February 2011

West End Esher Summer Show, also known as West End Flower Show, takes place once a year on West End Common. It originated as a Flower Show more than 50 years ago and has developed into an annual show with many events and activities. There is another West End in Surrey, between Woking and Camberley.

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West End Flower Show
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