Walberton
| Walberton | |
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| Area | 10.44 km2 (4.03 sq mi) [1] |
| Population | 1,941 [1] 2001 Census |
| • Density | Template:Pop density km2 to mi2 |
| OS grid reference | SU972059 |
| • London | 50 miles (80 km) NNE |
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| District | |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | ARUNDEL |
| Postcode district | BN18 |
| Dialling code | 01243 |
| Police | Sussex |
| Fire | West Sussex |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| UK Parliament | |
Walberton is a village and civil parish in the Arun District of West Sussex, England. It is located five miles (8 km) to the north-west of Littlehampton, and is situated south of the A27 road. Located on the southernmost slopes of the South Downs the civil parish covers an area of 1,044.19 hectares (2,580.2 acres) and has a population of 1941 persons (2001 census), and also includes the villages of Binsted to the east and Fontwell to the west.
St Mary's Church in Walberton has a Saxon font and west wall. There is a pub in Walberton The Holly Tree (currently closed as of September 2010, with its future uncertain). Towards the end of the village there is a small village pond where children are quite often seen feeding the ducks.
Binsted has a pub, the Black Horse and a Norman church built in 1140 A.D. by the monks of Tortington Priory. Roman and medieval pottery and tile kilns have been excavated there.
The Avisford Park Hotel, with its golf course which lies between Walberton and Binsted, was formerly Avisford, a Prep School for Roman Catholic boys, where BBC presenter Edward Stourton was head boy and where the late Robert Nairac spent a year teaching before university in the late 1960s.
References
- ^ a b "2001 Census: West Sussex – Population by Parish" (PDF). West Sussex County Council. Retrieved 1 April 2009.
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