The village starts immediately east of the A3 but the lands extend to the River Wey in the west where it has a large mill-house.

a collection of bronze-age objects discovered in 2013 during building works at the former Hautboy Inn,[2][3] as well as the existence of a, relatively uncommon, bell barrow on Cockcrow Hill.

[5][6] Through the Middle Ages in the many records nationally (such as Assize Rolls and feet of fines), Ockham features no high nobles among its owners.

After reaching Liverpool in 1850, following an arduous journey starting with a flight to freedom from Macon, Georgia, African-American slaves Ellen and William Craft were given a home by a parishioner in Ockham in 1851.

They attended the Ockham School, and paid for their education by working as teachers: William giving instruction in carpentry, and Ellen in sewing.

[8] The soil of Ockham Common varies between fertile light clay and humus topsoil to highly acidic, sandy heath.

[9] Ockham Common, to the north-east of the village, is the site of the disused Wisley Airfield,[10][11] which has a paved 2 km (1.2 mi) runway (RWY 10/28).

Although the airfield is disused, the aviation connection remains: it is the location of OCK,[13] a VOR navigational beacon which is the holding facility for south westerly arrivals into London Heathrow Airport.

Intended as a chapel over the family vault of the Lords King and their descendants, the Earls of Lovelace, it features several church monuments.