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.

Goodwood Country Park, and Buchan Country Park are some of Ancton best country parks to visit near Ancton.

The area close to Ancton boasts some of the best woodlands including Goodwood Country Park.

The area around Ancton features a number of interesting airports including Gatwick Airport, Shoreham Airport, and Chichester/Goodwood Airport.

Ancton History

There are some historic monuments around Ancton:

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