Door-to-door on the lanes
A chain of cul-de-sacs means the postcode alone will not do it. Give us the house name.
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Farnham & surrounding area
Dockenfield is a small linear village of about 455 people arranged along The Street, with four settled cul-de-sacs running off it. It was in Hampshire until the boundary moved in the 1890s. Every approach is a single-track or near single-track unlit lane, which shapes how we route a taxi in and out of here.
Tell us you're in Dockenfield when you call. Most local fares are quoted on the spot.
Toward Aldershot
Same drivers, same phone number, wherever you're starting from.
A chain of cul-de-sacs means the postcode alone will not do it. Give us the house name.
The Bluebell at Batts Corner draws diners from Farnham and Alton, with no evening bus at all.
The forest borders the parish to the west, so walking and cycling drop-offs are common here.
Nearby coverage
Part of the same toward aldershot group we cover from Farnham.
Local knowledge
This is undulating country holding several of the headwater sources of the River Wey, and it still feels strongly agricultural: in 1881, 43 per cent of the men here worked on the land. The parish covers just 273 hectares and has a church, a hall and a pub, but no shop and no school.
Every journey starts at your own door, so nobody has to walk to a meeting point. These are simply the places people name when they book, and the landmarks drivers navigate by. The Bluebell at Batts Corner is the name that comes up most, with its own car park and a large garden. The Church of the Good Shepherd, built in 1910 and 1911 by the architect William Curtis Green, holds two stained glass windows designed by the illustrator Pauline Baynes, who lived in the village. The hall and war memorial are on The Street.
The lanes have passing places rather than two lanes, and they are unlit, so meeting a car coming the other way costs time on a tight schedule. Bealeswood Lane and the Batts Corner approaches are the narrowest. Alice Holt Forest borders the parish to the west and brings weekend walking traffic onto the same lanes.
The cars
Luggage is where most airport bookings go wrong. These are the real limits, not the optimistic ones.
The standard car for one to four people. Two checked-in bags in the boot plus two items of hand luggage.
Six seats with room for two large suitcases in the back plus four items of hand luggage.
Seven seats filled, with five large suitcases in the boot plus six items of hand luggage.
Questions
What people usually ask about local journeys from Dockenfield.
Very often. It is a family-run country pub and restaurant of around 150 years, once the village bakery, and it pulls diners from Farnham and Alton. There is no evening bus service at all in the parish, so the return leg is always a car.
Not reliably here, and it is worth knowing. The village is a chain of cul-de-sacs off The Street, so give the dispatcher a house name as well and the driver will find you first time.
About four and a half miles south-west, roughly twelve to fourteen minutes. There is no A or B road in the parish, so the whole approach is on lanes.
Bentley, about four miles west, or Farnham about four and a half miles north-east. There is no station in Dockenfield.
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Most local fares are quoted on the spot once we know your postcode.
A dispatcher will text your fixed quote to the mobile you gave us, usually within ten minutes. Need it sooner? Call 01252 280 717.
The dispatch line is answered by a person, in Farnham, at any hour. Or request a quote and we'll text you back within ten minutes.