Sompting is a Village in the county of West Sussex.

Retail in Sompting

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

Sompting's best nearby towns can be found at Chichester, and Crawley.

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

Goodwood Country Park is a great place to visit close to Sompting if you like woodlands.

Airports to visit near Sompting include Gatwick Airport, Shoreham Airport, and Chichester/Goodwood Airport.

Sompting History

There are some historic monuments around Sompting:

• Bowl barrow on Chanctonbury Hill, 560m north east of Frieslands
• Itford Hill style settlement on Cock Hill
• Section of Roman road north of Rock
• Group of salterns north of St Peter's Church
• Cross dyke in Court Plantation, 600m south west of Wiston Barn
• Bowl barrow 260m east of Trinity Methodist Church, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Sullington Warren
• Platform barrow 360m north east of The Mill House
• Pair of bowl barrows 280m SE of Trinity Methodist Church, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Sullington Warren
• Saltern in Saltings Field, 220m north of Beeding Bridge
• Chanctonbury Ring hillfort and Romano-Celtic temples
• Cross dyke on Tottington Mount, 550m south east of Tottington Manor Farm
• Flint mine and part of a cross dyke 300m south east of Tolmare Farm
• Group of three bowl barrows 350m SE of Trinity Methodist Church, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Sullington Warren
• Group of three saucer barrows and a pair of hlaews south east of Chanctonbury Ring hillfort
• Highdown Hill Camp: A Ram's Hill type enclosure, an Anglo-Saxon cemetery and associated remains
• Bowl barrow 440m south east of Chanctonbury Ring hillfort
• Cross dyke on Steep Down, 600m north east of Titch Hill Farm
• The Marlipins
• Cross dyke on Beeding Hill, 1100m north west of New Erringham Farm Cottages
• Bowl barrow 230m NE of Trinity Methodist Church, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Sullington Warren
• Muntham Court Romano-British site
• Flint mine and a bowl barrow on Church Hill, 400m south west of Findon Place
• Prehistoric flint mine and part of a round barrow cemetery at Blackpatch, 400m north east of Myrtle Grove Farm
• Bowl barrow 200m west of Chanctonbury Ring hillfort
• Bowl barrow 120m north west of Cissbury
• Group of salterns and a possible moat 250m east of Bramber Castle
• Regular aggregate field system with prehistoric and Romano-British farmsteads and a Bronze Age bowl barrow on Park Brow
• Cross dyke and platform barrow 460m south east of Chanctonbury Ring hillfort
• Bowl barrow 240m east of Trinity Methodist Church, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Sullington Warren
• Saucer barrow 330m north east of The Mill House
• Cross dyke on Steyning Round Hill, 700m south west of Pepperscoombe
• Shoreham Airfield dome trainer, 240m south west of Sussex Pad Hotel
• Bowl barrow 380m south east of Chanctonbury Ring hillfort
• Cross dyke on Sullington Hill, 500m south east of The Chantry
• Barrows and ditches on Steyning Round Hill
• Cissbury Ring hillfort, prehistoric flint mine and associated remains
• Cross dyke 760m WNW of Pepperscoombe
• Pair of hlaews 150m south east of Chanctonbury Ring hillfort
• Bowl barrow 200m SE of Trinity Methodist Church, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Sullington Warren
• Cross dyke 420m west of Chanctonbury Ring hillfort
• Shrunken medieval settlement at Old Erringham
• Bowl barrow 120m SE of Trinity Methodist Church, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Sullington Warren
• Bramber Castle
• Roman building 200yds (180m) NW of Spring Copse
• Cross dyke on Steep Down, 700m north east of Beggars Bush
• Bowl barrow 100m west of the south western edge of Cissbury Ring hillfort