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.

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

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

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

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

West Thorney History

There are some historic monuments around West Thorney:

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