Ancton is a Village in the county of West Sussex.

Ancton postcode: PO22 6NB

Retail in Ancton

There are great places to visit near Ancton including some great towns, country parks, woodlands and airports.

Ancton's best nearby towns can be found at Chichester, and Crawley.

The area around Ancton boasts some of the best country parks including Goodwood Country Park, and Buchan Country Park.

There are a several good woodlands in the area around Ancton like Goodwood Country Park.

Ancton has some unmissable airports nearby like Gatwick Airport, Shoreham Airport, and Chichester/Goodwood Airport.

Ancton History

There are some historic monuments around Ancton:

• Seven sections of Stane Street Roman road between Eartham and Bignor, a prehistoric linear boundary and two bowl barrows
• Goblestubbs Copse earthworks
• Dalesdown Wood earthworks
• Ringwork 400m NNW of Batworthpark House
• Cross dyke 330m north west of Whiteways Lodge
• Long Down prehistoric flint mine
• Medieval earthworks E and SE of St Mary's Church
• Keep of Tote Copse castle, 400m north of Decoy Farmhouse
• Burpham camp
• Madehurst Wood earthworks
• The Mill Ball: a bowl barrow south of Bury Hill
• Tortington Augustinian priory and ponds, including part of priory precinct
• Causewayed enclosure, World War II searchlight emplacements and associated remains on Halnaker Hill
• The Burgh: a bowl barrow 940m east of Canada
• Lime kilns, canal, engine sheds, etcetera
• War Dyke entrenchment in Whiteways Plantation and South Wood
• Arundel Castle
• A 19th century artillery fort known as Littlehampton Fort, 317m south west of the Windmill Theatre
• Devil's Ditch, section 725yds (660m) long W of Ounces Barn
• Maison Dieu
• Phoenix Caisson (outer) off Pagham Harbour
• Halnaker House: a fortified medieval manor house and part of its landscaped grounds