Hockering is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.

Hockering is located 5.2 miles (8.4 km) east of Dereham and 10 miles (16 km) north-west of Norwich, along the A47.

"Hock'ring"

Hockering's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for the people of the rounded hill.

In the Domesday Book, Hockering is listed as a settlement of 47 households in the hundred of Mitford. In 1086, the village was part of the East Anglian estates of Ralph de Beaufour.

During the Second World War, Hockering Wood was used as a supply dump for the Royal Air Force. The concrete roads, bomb stores and water tanks still remain.

Furthermore during the war, part of the parish became RAF Attlebridge which was used by No. 2 Group RAF, the 319th Bombardment Group and the 466th Bombardment Group.

According to the 2021 census, Hockering has a population of 829 people which shows an increase from the 711 people recorded in the 2011 census.