Ockford Ridge

Ockford Ridge is a small semi-rural area in south east England situated between Eashing village and the luxurious commuter town of Godalming in Surrey. There are a mix of properties mainly built in the 1930's but also Victorian properties and new build properties. There was once a large manor house called Ockfordwood house which was built in the 1870s by Thomas Cooper. Later converted into flats, it was to be incorporated into Aaron's Hill, but it burnt down in the 1950s. There are local amenities such as a shop which once had a post office inside too, bus stops, a church, a village pub, a primary school, a cemetery just off Franklyn Road and lots of open spaces.

For its first year after the 1930's houses had been built it had been variously called 'Chestnut Avenue', 'Chestnut Road', 'Chestnut Green', but it was changed to Ockford Ridge, because the Post Office requested for it to be changed as they were struggling with the constant name changes. The land was bought partly from Eashing Park House and partly from the Godalming Burial Commission. By the late 1930s, Ockford Ridge had a church, shops, a post office and a pub. The first residents didn't just come from the Godalming area but also from the north of England and South Wales. There had once been a pub called the King Alfred but has been replaced since with new properties under the name of King Alfred Court.

There were plans of building 119 new homes with the proposed entrance to be in the small car park in Franklyn Road. The houses were planned to be built behind St Mark's school on Secretts of Milford farmland but they were rejected. There are currently new homes being built on Ockford Ridge.

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Coordinates: 51°10′N 0°38′W / 51.16°N 00.64°W / 51.16; -00.64