Reasonably well, as long as you drive or work from home. Nearly half of the working residents don't commute at all. Most of the others drive. Hardly anyone takes the train, even with stations nearby. Most people here get to work by not going.
There are stations within reach, including Betchworth, Box Hill & Westhumble, Dorking, Dorking Deepdene and Dorking West, but in the 2021 Census only about 2% of workers commuted by train. The area has 119 bus stops, and fewer than 1% of workers used a bus to get to work. The public transport is there, and very few people use it.
The actual commute is clearer. About 46% of working residents worked from home and about 44% drove. Walking accounted for about 3% and cycling about 1%. Only about 8% of households have no car, and about 54% have two or more. A second car is normal here, not a luxury.
The Department for Transport's modelled journey-time statistics put the nearest town centre about 12 minutes away by car, 21 by bike, 22 by public transport and about 51 on foot. These are modelled averages for the area, not a route from any particular door. The walking time is the one that tells you most: the town isn't a stroll away.
Everyday errands follow the same pattern. A GP is about 9 minutes by car, 15 by public transport or 27 on foot. A food shop is about 8 minutes by car or 19 on foot, which is close enough to walk for small things. The nearest hospital is about 23 minutes by car and 47 by public transport. Employment centres are about 20 minutes by car and 18 by public transport. The public transport figures date from 2019, and services may have been cut since, so they're less reliable than the car and walking times.
The bus figures are current, and they aren't good. The stops average about 22 scheduled departures each on a weekday, but fewer than one bus an hour at peak times. About 86% of stops have some weekend service. A bus that rarely comes at rush hour isn't much use for getting to work, which explains why so few people use it.
Broadband is good. Superfast speeds reach about 94% of premises, and gigabit and ultrafast connections each reach about 72%. Under 1% of premises fall below the universal service minimum. With that many people working from home, the broadband is doing a lot of the work the trains and buses don't.
Mobile coverage is about as good as it gets. About 99% of the area has 4G or 5G from every operator, and all of it has coverage from at least one.
Road noise is the downside of living among busy roads. Every postcode in the area sits near or above 65 decibels of road noise, the level at which official noise mapping treats it as significant, and the loudest band reaches 75 decibels. That describes the area as a whole, not any particular house, but quiet countryside doesn't mean quiet roads. There's no significant rail noise.
Charging an electric car is limited. There are 3 public charge points in the area with 8 connectors between them, and 2 of them are rapid. With so few rapid units, charging is something to plan around, so a home charger is close to essential for an electric car here.
For a typical commute, you'll need a car or a job you can do from home. The trains and buses exist, but they don't fit most people's day.
Brockham is middling for connections: good broadband and short drives to most things, with public transport that won't get most people to work.