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.

The area around Ancton boasts some of the best towns including Chichester, and Crawley.

Goodwood Country Park, and Buchan Country Park are great places to visit near Ancton if you like country parks.

Goodwood Country Park is one of Ancton's best, nearby woodlands to visit in Ancton.

Gatwick Airport, Shoreham Airport, and Chichester/Goodwood Airport are some of Ancton best airports to visit near Ancton.

Ancton History

There are some historic monuments around Ancton:

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