Dorking is a town in Surrey, U.K.. The word 'dorking' is also used to mean _ _ _ _ _ around, the missing word being open to a variety of choices - none of which reflect on the town itself ! - from footling around ....to something rather more crude! Calling the site 'Dorking About' allows a variety of interests to be included here apart from an appreciation of the enticing surroundings which have always drawn people to the area. Please check out the menu to see where you might wander.
For those who are a million miles from here, or who might as well be, Dorking is a classic English country town in a delightful setting in the Surrey Hills... yet only 35km south west of Piccadilly Circus, London. The town can be seen laid out below Box Hill with the far horizon rising left towards Leith Hill, highest point in the South East England. Dorking's cricket ground is clearly seen, as is another important facility in the bottom left corner: the town's sewage works (!) mentioned because alongside it, naturally, flows the River Mole before cutting in at the base of Box Hill to create the precipitous slope known as 'The Whites', chalk being the basis of the Hill. Other notable 'areas of green' which make this such an attractive town are seen left centre; this is Cotmandene, ancient common land and right centre, the well-used Meadowbank Park. Between it and St.Martin's church flows Pippbrook, joining the Mole by Box Hill. It was on the southern slope of the shallow Pippbrook valley that the town grew. 
St.Martin's church spire can be appreciated as one of the tallest in the country from Box Hill but also from close quarters, looking in exactly the same direction, i.e. south-west.......
