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.

Towns to visit near Ancton include Chichester, and Crawley.

Don't miss Goodwood Country Park, and Buchan Country Park's country parks if visiting the area around Ancton.

Woodlands to visit near Ancton include Goodwood Country Park.

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

Ancton History

There are some historic monuments around Ancton:

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