West Thorney is a Town in the county of West Sussex.

Retail in West Thorney

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

Chichester, and Crawley are great places to visit near West Thorney if you like towns.

The area around West Thorney features a number of interesting country parks including Goodwood Country Park, and Buchan Country Park.

Places near West Thorney feature a number of interesting woodlands including Goodwood Country Park.

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

West Thorney History

There are some historic monuments around West Thorney:

• Tourner Bury, Hayling Island, South Hayling
• A Romano-Celtic temple, Iron Age shrine and associated remains 250m north west of Ratham Mill
• Black Barn, Warblington
• Motte castle at Motley's Copse
• An Itford Hill style settlement in Kingley Vale
• A saucer barrow and a bowl barrow on Bow Hill, 270m south east of the Tansley Stone
• Two bowl barrows on Bow Hill forming part of The Devil's Humps round barrow cemetery
• Romano-British villa and traces of medieval occupation at Pitlands Farm, Up Marden
• Two bell barrows, two pond barrows and a cross dyke on Bow Hill: part of The Devil's Humps round barrow cemetery
• Cross dyke on northern spur of Bow Hill, 500m north east of the Tansley Stone
• Warblington Castle
• Hilltop enclosure and linear boundary on Bow Hill
• Flint mines on Bow Hill
• Oval barrow, the north-western of two on Stoughton Down
• Linear boundary 310m north west of the Tansley Stone on Bow Hill
• Twin bell barrow and a bowl barrow on Asdean Down
• Bowl barrow on Bow Hill, 290m south east of the Tansley Stone
• Cross dyke on north eastern spur of Bow Hill, 150m south east of the Tansley Stone
• 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
• World War II Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite (P2) at Sinah Common, 570m south east of Sinah Farm
• Linear boundary on Stoke Down, 800m north of West Stoke House
• Bevis's Grave long barrow and early medieval cemetery, 100m west of Belmont Castle
• Ringwork and bailey at Motleys Copse
• Cross dyke on south eastern spur of Bow Hill, 900m south west of the Tansley Stone
• The Castle
• Oval barrow, the south-eastern of two on Stoughton Down
• Roman villa and section of Roman road south-west of Littlepark Wood
• Cakeham Manor (uninhabited parts)