The station is 0.7 miles (1.1 km) north of Hersham village centre, adjoined to one side by housing and the other by fields and a golf course.

It is 15 miles 73 chains (25.6 km) from London Waterloo[note 1] and is situated between Esher and Walton-on-Thames.

[1][2] Entrance to the station is from either side of the railway bridge which is above street level.

[3] It is one of two stations serving Walton on Thames and Hersham as its railway track and engineered line beneath it mark the divide between the two settlements.

[4] Adjoining to one side are housing (west) and fields with a golf course next to the River Mole (east).