The Dorking Society promotes public interest in, and care for the beauty of, Dorking and the surrounding areas. It works to preserve, develop and improve local features of general public amenity and historic interest. It operates within the historic manor of Dorking and its environs: north to Mickleham and Box Hill but excluding Leatherhead; south to Capel, Walliswood and Ockley; east to Betchworth and Brockham; west to Abinger.