The parish is undulating, has a number of sources of the River Wey and borders the Alice Holt Forest.

Dockenfield was one of the unnamed tythings of Farnham owned by the Bishop of Winchester at the time of the Domesday Book in 1086.

3.5 miles (5.6 km) south-west of Farnham railway station covering 578 acres (234 ha) with a population of 209.

[10][11] The west of the parish adjoins Alice Holt Forest, part of the South Downs National Park.

The population gradually rose to reach a peak of 519 in 1951 living in only 97 homes and decreased to 406 over the following ten years.

The proportion of households in the civil parish who owned their home outright compares to the regional average of 35.1%.