Ockham is a tiny English village near East Horsley, in Surrey, England. The village lies to the east of the A3 which runs between Cobham and Guildford. Other neighbouring villages include Ripley, Wisley and Effingham.
Ockham appears in Domesday Book of 1086 as Bocheham. It was held by Richard Fitz Gilbert. Its domesday assets were: 1½ hides; 1 church, 2 fisheries worth 10d, 3 ploughs, 2 acres (8,100 m2) of meadow, woodland worth 60 hogs. It rendered £10. Most notably, Ockham is believed to be the birthplace of William of Ockham—famous Mediaeval philosopher and the proponent of Occam's razor—and, more recently, Ada Lovelace lived at Ockham Park.
Ockham Common, to the north east of the village, is the site of the disused Wisley Airfield, which has a paved 2-km (1.25 miles) runway (RWY 10/28). As late as 1972, this airfield was in service as a satellite fit-out and flight test centre for Vickers and latterly the British Aircraft Corporation, linked to their main factory and airfield at nearby Brooklands, Weybridge, capable of taking aircraft as large as the VC10. Although the airfield is disused, the aviation connection remains, being the location of OCK, a VOR navigational beacon which anchors the South West (SW) Arrival Stack for London Heathrow Airport (ICAO: EGLL / IATA: LHR), which along with Biggin Hill, Kent (BIG - SE Arrivals), Bovingdon, Hertfordshire (BNN - NW Arrivals) and Lambourne, Essex (LAM - NE Arrivals) are London's main holds.
Ockham has a small church, All Saints; a memorial to those who gave their lives in the Great War and World War II; a cricket club; and the pub The Black Swan (near Ockham Common). The village gave its name to HMS Ockham, a Ham class minesweeper.
Anyway back to the cache – This is a cache and dash or as some would say – an easy one, with a little bit of a walk though! I have placed this one along a public footpath just off Guilleshill Lane which runs down through the fields towards Long Reach – the road to Horsley and you are looking for Square Lockbox, 15cm x 11cm x 5cm which has space for the odd swaps and TB’s etc.
Please remember to cover it up well after your visit and hopefully it will remain in place for a long time. When I placed the cache, about 30 or so Pheasants flew off from the neighbouring field – so hence the name, I hope they are there when you visit; it’s quiet amusing when they fly off!
14/10/2023 Update - seems the original parking place has gone. Therefore, your best option is to park at the church and wander round from there.