Service sector occupations dominate Betchworth's economy[n 1] – its station and road links make it a part of the London commuter belt – combined with crop agriculture and services for a relatively large retired proportion of the population.

[2] The name is generally agreed to mean a "farm or enclosure belonging to a person or family called Becci".

[9] Hamelin's grandson John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey owned much land in Surrey and his widow left the land to his nephew the Earl of Arundel,[10] who eventually left the manor to Lord Abergavenny.

[2][10] To supply the cement for construction associated with required brick built housing, a rich seam of suitable chalk and limestone was identified in the North Downs.

A particular fine example of medieval Gothic architecture pointed arches is in this church throughout its long nave and forming the entrance to its alcoves.

[25] Falling within the county of Surrey, a third tier of local government is responsible for education, almost all built infrastructure and other services such as social care.

[27] Betchworth is in the east of Mole Valley District Council area, in which the main town is Dorking.

[12] Elevations range from 216 m[12] at the water tower, which marks the highest point of the parish on Box Hill, down to the River Mole, which runs east–west through the village at 43 m[12] AOD.

Between these extremes the landscape is mainly undulating, except for the steep (and where quarried for several hundred metres, sheer) chalk face of the North Downs.

[30] Formation of the North Downs and the erosion that has taken place widely with repeated sea inundations and deposition is described in detail in the Geology of Surrey.

Mammoth fossilised bone remains have been found below flint beds under considerable clay in the low hills by the bank of the River Mole in Betchworth.

[32] This is the natural spur to the trees that line the top as it produces extremely fertile pastures and deciduous woodland.

[32] Surrey Wildlife Trust manages the rare flower meadows beneath the old quarry.

Below this range of hills the Mole flows briefly along the Vale of Holmesdale and the area around its tributary the Gadbrook is within the village.

In 2001 Betchworth comprised 372 households and 12 vacant houses, shops and country businesses such as stone merchants and garden centres.

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

The remaining percent is made up of rented dwellings (plus a negligible percentage of households living rent-free).

[39] Hartsfield Manor Hotel is a major local employer with a long entrance drive off Sandy Lane has 16 acres (6.5 ha) of parkland containing a small gatehouse called Ye Olde Gatehouse and serves also as a Wedding and conference venue.

[41] Betchworth Memorial Hall is a large village hall with a wooden floor, a high ceiling and a stage, making it suitable for self-nominated activities including badminton, lectures, receptions, and local operatics and drama, with seating for 150 people; leads to a smaller community room, the Geoffrey Browne Room, for 40/50 people available for hire separately.

[43] Goulburn Green, the alternative name for the Village Green has stalls and maypole dancing in the children-costumed May bank holiday Medieval Fayre, hosts occasional summer celebrations and is the venue of the Harvest Lunch in alternate years.

Betchworth parish council operates six full size allotments at the rear of The Walled Garden allocated at a nominal fee.

The A25 road that runs from the county of Kent to Guildford via Reigate and Dorking skirts the north of the village centre.

From its roundabout on the A25, less major roads provide a cut-through towards Walton-on-the-Hill, via the notoriously steep Pebble Hill, a route towards Sutton, London, the M25's Reigate Hill junction or Leatherhead and minor routes to the south connect southern villages, including Leigh, Surrey.