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The Watermans Arms

A pub with food, drinks and rooms close to Hersham Green, the rooms trading under The Lodge name on the same frontage.

The Watermans Arms is a traditional Hersham pub on Queens Road, serving food and drink alongside straightforward, good-value accommodation, within easy walking distance of Hersham village green, the Barley Mow, and Hersham railway station.

The building carries two names across its frontage, which is worth knowing before you arrive: Watermans Arms over the bar on the left, and The Lodge over the rooms on the right, with a central panel reading “Eat, Drink, Sleep”. Both are the same premises. The pub side advertises pool, darts and televised sport.

This is a practical base for visitors who want to be in the heart of Hersham village rather than Walton town centre: useful for exploring the quieter, greener parts of the borough on foot.

A punk landmark. A green plaque on the front wall of the pub commemorates Sham 69, who formed in Hersham in 1975 and took the village’s name into the UK top ten with “Hersham Boys”. The plaque lists that single alongside “Hurry Up Harry” and “If the Kids Are United”. Read the full story of Sham 69 →

Getting around: Hersham railway station is a 10-minute walk, with South Western Railway services to London Waterloo and connecting buses to Walton-on-Thames. Rooms and tables are booked by telephone.

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Photographs

The Watermans Arms seen across the road junction, a two-storey white pub on the corner with a modern brick apartment block beyond it
The pub sits on the corner of Queens Road, a short walk from Hersham Green.
The hanging pub sign of the Watermans Arms, painted with a coat of arms bearing a boat on wavy blue and white bars, two silver sea-creature supporters and the motto At Command Of Our Superiors
The hanging sign carries the arms of the watermen, with the motto "At Command Of Our Superiors".
A green oval plaque on the pub's white wall reading Punk Musicians, Sham '69, hits including Hersham Boys, Hurry Up Harry, If The Kids are United, formed in Hersham 1975
The Sham 69 plaque on the front wall of the pub.

Photographs by Darren Bayley / Walton-on-Thames.org, 6 September 2026.