It is centred 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Guildford and is part of the civil parish of Worplesdon (where the 2011 Census population was included), as well as continuing to be served semi-dependently as a chapelry of the Church of England.

Historically these records were kept at the Palace of Westminster but today are held at the National Archives (UK) and their contents are summarised in such works as the Victoria County History.

In the inter-war period and during World War II Drummond Engineering supplied lathes to vehicle and aircraft manufacturing companies.

[2] The village is nucleated in layout but with a linear part to the north-west and east and more than half of its land consists of cultivated fields or woodland, in the south and along the banks of its two main brooks, which flow north to eventually join the River Wey.

[2] Wood Street Village's amenities include a church, infant school, auto repair garage, post office and two public houses, the Royal Oak and the White Hart.