Yapton is a Village in the county of West Sussex.

Retail in Yapton

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

Chichester, and Crawley are some of Yapton best towns to visit near Yapton.

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

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

There are a number of airports near Yapton including Gatwick Airport, Shoreham Airport, and Chichester/Goodwood Airport.

Yapton History

There are some historic monuments around Yapton:

• Bowl barrow on Glatting Beacon
• Seven sections of Stane Street Roman road between Eartham and Bignor, a prehistoric linear boundary and two bowl barrows
• Bowl barrow in Selhurst Park
• Lynchets N of Downs Farm
• Cross dyke on Upwaltham Hill, 500m and 620m south east of Upwaltham Farm
• War Dyke entrenchment in Whiteways Plantation and South Wood
• Ringwork 400m NNW of Batworthpark House
• Bowl barrow south of Westburton Hill: part of Westburton Hill round barrow cemetery
• Cross ridge dykes on Sutton Down
• Two of three bowl barrows on Upwaltham Hill
• Cross dyke 180m north of radio masts at Glatting Beacon
• Bell barrow south-west of Heath Hanger: part of Waltham Down round barrow cemetery
• Pair of bowl barrows on Amberley Mount, 760m north east of Downs Farm
• Two bowl barrows south of Westburton Hill: part of Westburton Hill round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 800m south-west of Bignor Hill
• Maison Dieu
• Causewayed enclosure, World War II searchlight emplacements and associated remains on Halnaker Hill
• Long Down prehistoric flint mine
• Bowl barrow 430m north east of Gumber Farm
• Phoenix Caisson (outer) off Pagham Harbour
• Bowl barrow 960m WSW of Bignor Hill
• Lime kilns, canal, engine sheds, etcetera
• Boxgrove Priory
• Amberley Castle
• Two bowl barrows south-east of Egg Bottom Coppice
• Medieval earthworks E and SE of St Mary's Church
• Round barrow S of Burton Down
• Barkhale Camp causewayed enclosure
• Tortington Augustinian priory and ponds, including part of priory precinct
• Arundel Castle
• Madehurst Wood earthworks
• Two bowl barrows south of Westburton Hill: part of Westburton Hill round barrow cemetery
• Keep of Tote Copse castle, 400m north of Decoy Farmhouse
• Bowl barrow reused as moot mound in Barkhale Wood
• Goblestubbs Copse earthworks
• Devil's Ditch, section 725yds (660m) long W of Ounces Barn
• Bowl barrow 780m south-west of Bignor Hill
• Halnaker House: a fortified medieval manor house and part of its landscaped grounds
• Denture bowl barrow
• Burpham camp
• Dalesdown Wood earthworks
• A 19th century artillery fort known as Littlehampton Fort, 317m south west of the Windmill Theatre
• The Mill Ball: a bowl barrow south of Bury Hill
• One of three bowl barrows on Upwaltham Hill
• Cross dyke 330m north west of Whiteways Lodge
• Bowl barrow 915m WSW of Bignor Hill
• Bowl barrow on Westburton Hill
• Double cross dyke on Upwaltham Hill