The club was established in 1948 as a merger of Boreham Wood Rovers and Royal Retournez, and began playing in the Mid-Herts League. In 1951 they joined the
Parthenon League, and finished as runners-up in 1953–54 and 1954–55 before winning the title in 1955–56. After finishing as runners-up again in 1956–57, They finished as runners-up in 1963–64 and again in 1965–66, The
1968–69 season saw Boreham Wood win Division Two, earning promotion to Division One. The following season they finished as runners-up in Division One and were promoted to the Premier Division. They repeated their FA Cup feat the
following season, beating
Hayes in the first round before losing 2–0 to
Cheltenham Town in a replay. In the second round they lost 3–0 at
Coventry City. The club went on to finish fourth in the National League at the end of the season, qualifying for the play-offs. After defeating
AFC Fylde 2–1 and
Sutton United 3–2, they lost 2–1 to
Tranmere Rovers in the Wembley final. In
2019–20 the club finished fifth and again qualified for the play-offs. After defeating
Halifax Town 2–1 in the quarter-finals, they lost 1–0 to
Harrogate Town in the semi-finals. The club reached the first round of the
2020–21 FA Cup, in which they defeated
League Two club
Southend United 4–3 on penalties after a 3–3 draw. They went on to beat
Canvey Island 3–0 in the second round, earning a third round tie with
Millwall, which they lost 2–0. In the
2021–22 FA Cup, the club reached the fifth round for the first time after beating
League One club
AFC Wimbledon in the third round and
Championship club
AFC Bournemouth in the fourth. They lost 2–0 to
Premier League club
Everton in the fifth round. In the
2022–23 season Boreham Wood finished sixth in the National League; in the subsequent promotion play-offs, they defeated
Barnet 2–1 in the quarter-finals, before losing 3–2 after extra time to
Notts County in the semi-finals. The
following season they finished fourth-from-bottom of the National League and were relegated to the National League South. However, in
2024–25 they secured an immediate return to the National League, finishing fifth in the league before going on to defeat
Maidstone United 1–0 in the play-off final. The
following season saw them win the
National League Cup, beating
West Ham United U21 on penalties in the final. ==Ground==