West Ashling is a Village in the county of West Sussex.

West Ashling postcode: PO18 8DN

Retail in West Ashling

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

Don't miss Chichester, and Crawley's towns if visiting the area around West Ashling.

West Ashling has some unmissable country parks nearby like Goodwood Country Park, and Buchan Country Park.

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

The area around West Ashling boasts some of the best airports including Gatwick Airport, Shoreham Airport, and Chichester/Goodwood Airport.

West Ashling History

There are some historic monuments around West Ashling:

• Bell barrow north-west of Brooms Farm
• Cakeham Manor (uninhabited parts)
• Romano-British villa, with cemetery and associated building, at Batten Hanger, 600m south east of Hill Lands Farm
• A multiple enclosure fort known as Goosehill Camp and a prehistoric linear boundary on Bow Hill
• Devil's Ditch, section extending 960yds (870m) S of Lavant House
• Bowl barrow on Linch Down
• Chichester Dyke, earthwork extending 300yds (270m) W of Densworth House
• Hilltop enclosure and linear boundary on Bow Hill
• Multiple cross dyke on Harting Downs, 570m east of Down Place
• Market cross
• Devil's Ditch, section extending 1100yds (1000m), Valdoe Wood
• Devil's Ditch, section extending 200yds (180m) E from Chapel Lane
• Chichester Dyke, earthwork E of Chichester Barracks extending 600yds (550m)
• Iron Age farmstead and Roman villa, 360m SSW of Brickkiln Farm
• Cross dyke on St Roche's Hill, 480m north west of The Trundle hillfort
• Linear boundary on Stoke Down, 800m north of West Stoke House
• Chichester Dyke, section of Broyle earthwork, extending 150yds (140m) through Plain Wood
• Chichester Dyke, sections in Little Cotfield Plantation
• The Trundle hillfort, causewayed enclosure and associated remains at St Roche's Hill
• Flint mine on Stoke Down, immediately north of Stoke Clump
• Bowl barrow in Edgar Plantation
• Two bell barrows, two pond barrows and a cross dyke on Bow Hill: part of The Devil's Humps round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow on Cocking Down
• Romano-British villa and traces of medieval occupation at Pitlands Farm, Up Marden
• Chichester Dyke, earthwork extending N 480yds (440m) from The Drive, Summersdale, near Chichester
• Cross dyke on Heathbarn Down, 520m south east of Lodge Hill Farm
• Bowl barrow on Bepton Down
• Chichester Dyke: section 200yds (180m) long in Mouthey's Plantation, section 245yds (220m) long in Oakwood and section 100yds (90m) long SW of Oakwood House
• An Itford Hill style settlement in Kingley Vale
• Cross dyke on south eastern spur of Bow Hill, 900m south west of the Tansley Stone
• Chichester Dyke, Broyle earthwork, section at Brandy Hole, extending E 230yds (210m) from railway, New Fishbourne
• Bowl barrow on Treyford Hill
• Chichester Dyke, Broyle earthwork, section extending 360yds (330m) S of West Broyle House
• Oval barrow, the south-eastern of two on Stoughton Down
• A Romano-Celtic temple, Iron Age shrine and associated remains 250m north west of Ratham Mill
• Devil's Ditch, section extending 1200yds (1100m) through Little Tomlins Copse
• A deserted medieval village and post-medieval farm buildings, 1.4km north-west of Yew Tree Cottage
• Oval barrow, the north-western of two on Stoughton Down
• Two round barrows in Grevitts Copse
• Harting Beacon: a hilltop enclosure, Anglo-Saxon burial mound and telegraph station on Beacon and Pen Hills
• Medieval chapel near Chilgrove, 295m north-west of Yewtree Cottage
• Cross dyke on north eastern spur of Bow Hill, 150m south east of the Tansley Stone
• Bowl barrow north west of Telegraph House
• Cross dyke on West Harting Down, 650m south west of Foxcombe Farm
• Chichester City Walls, The Tower, Orchard Street
• Bexley Bushes earthworks
• Bowl barrow on Bow Hill, 290m south east of the Tansley Stone
• Oval barrow 700m SSE of Locksash Farm
• St Martin's Lane, Little London car park, Roman site
• Greyfriars Chapel, Priory Park
• Chichester Dyke, Broyle earthwork, section extending 430yds (393m) through East Broyle Copse, to railway, and earthwork extending 400yds (365m) from Brandy Hole Lane, New Fishbourne
• The Devil's Jumps round barrow cemetery
• Chichester Dyke, earthwork extending 110yds (100m) in Raughmere Copse
• Bevis's Thumb long barrow, 370m west of Fernbeds Farm
• Chichester Dyke, earthwork extending N 360yds (330m) from Otter Memorial College
• Chichester Dyke, earthwork extending 250yds (230m) in Densworth Copse
• Platform barrow on Bepton Down
• A 362m length of Devil's Ditch running WNW from Chapel Lane
• A 210m length of Devil's Ditch running east from Chichester Main Road to Pook Lane
• The Vandalian Tower, Up Park
• Devil's Ditch, section extending 530yds (480m) W from Lavant Lodge
• Chichester Dyke, Broyle earthwork, section extending 360yds (330m) SW of Broyle House
• Devil's Ditch, section extending 900yds (820m), Lye Wood, West Stoke
• Flint mines on Bow Hill
• Roman amphitheatre
• Bowl barrow on Didling Hill
• A saucer barrow and a bowl barrow on Bow Hill, 270m south east of the Tansley Stone
• Fishbourne Roman site
• Twin bell barrow and a bowl barrow on Asdean Down
• Linear boundary 310m north west of the Tansley Stone on Bow Hill
• Bowl barrow 480m south of Irongates Lodge
• Two bowl barrows on Bow Hill forming part of The Devil's Humps round barrow cemetery
• Chichester Castle
• Cross dyke on northern spur of Bow Hill, 500m north east of the Tansley Stone
• Roman villa on Warren Down