Chanctonbury Ring, Wiston

Name: Chanctonbury Ring
Address: Wiston, United Kingdom

#1 among attractions in Wiston

Archaeological site

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Chanctonbury Ring is a prehistoric hill fort atop Chanctonbury Hill on the South Downs, on the border of the civil parishes of Washington and Wiston in the English county of West Sussex. A ridgeway, now part of the South Downs Way, runs along the hill. It forms part of an ensemble of associated historical features created over a span of more than 2,000 years, including round barrows dating from the Bronze Age to the Saxon periods and dykes dating from the Iron Age and Roman periods. ()

Elevation: 794 ftProminence: 705 ftCoordinates: 50°53'49"N, 0°22'53"W

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Wiston United Kingdom

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Chanctonbury Ring – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Worthing Golf Club, Cissbury Ring, High Salvington Windmill, Bramber Castle.

3.4 miS
Golf
Worthing Golf Club, Worthing
88 min walk • Worthing Golf Club is a golf club on the South Downs at Worthing, England. Located close to the Iron Age hill fort of Cissbury Ring in the new South Downs National Park, the club comprises two links golf courses, a driving range and a clubhouse.
2.4 miS
Vernacular architecture, Forts and castles
Cissbury Ring, Sussex Downs AONB
62 min walk • Cissbury Ring is an 84.2-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Worthing in West Sussex. It is owned by the National Trust and is designated a Scheduled monument for its Neolithic flint mine and Iron Age hillfort.
3.5 miS
Windmill, Historical place
High Salvington Windmill, Worthing
90 min walk • Durrington or High Salvington Windmill is a Grade II listed post mill in High Salvington, Sussex that has been restored and is in full working order. The mill stands 320 feet above sea level and is able to take advantage of incoming sea winds.
3 miE
Forts and castles, Park, Romanesque architecture
Bramber Castle, Upper Beeding
76 min walk • Bramber Castle is a Norman motte-and-bailey castle formerly the caput of the large feudal barony of Bramber long held by the Braose family. It is situated in the village of Bramber, West Sussex, near the town of Steyning, overlooking the River Adur.
1.2 miN
Church
All Saints Church, Wiston
31 min walk • All Saints Church is an Anglican church in the hamlet of Buncton in the district of Horsham, one of seven local government districts in the English county of West Sussex.
2.5 miSW
Archaeological site
Muntham Court Romano-British site, Wiston
63 min walk • The Muntham Court Romano-British site is an archeological site situated on the western edge of the village of Findon in West Sussex. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument that includes Iron Age and Romano-British settlement.
3.6 miW
Museum
The Abbey, Storrington
91 min walk • St Joseph's Abbey, Storrington at Storrington in Sussex, England, was originally a rectory, later a small country house and then a convent school.
4.9 miNW
Church
St. Mary's Church
126 min walk • St Mary's Church is the Grade I listed Anglican parish church of West Chiltington, a village in the Horsham district of West Sussex, England.
5.7 miNW
Windmill, Winery
Nutbourne Windmill
145 min walk • Nutbourne Windmill is a tower mill at Nutbourne, Sussex, England which has been converted to retail use.
~240 ftSW
Temple
Romano-Celtic temple, Sussex Downs AONB
2 min walk • A Romano-Celtic temple is a sub-class of Roman temple found in the north-western provinces of the Roman Empire. Many may have had roots in the late Iron Age either in direct relation to pre-Roman structures or on sites with pre-Roman activity.
3.5 miNE
Church
St James's Church, Ashurst
90 min walk • St James's Church is a Church of England parish church in Ashurst, West Sussex. The church is a grade I listed building and it dates from the early 12th century.