Compton
Compton is a village and civil parish in the Chichester district of West Sussex. The village lies on the B2146 road, six miles southeast of Petersfield, Hampshire and eight miles northwest of Chichester.Places of Interest
Highlights include Bevis’s Thumb long barrow, 370m west of Fernbeds Farm and The Parish Church of St Mary.
Bevis’s Thumb long barrow, 370m west of Fernbeds Farm
Archaeological site
Photo: Chris Thomas-Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bevis’s Thumb long barrow, 370m west of Fernbeds Farm is an archaeological site.
Uppark
Photo: EccentricRichard, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Uppark is a 17th-century house in South Harting, West Sussex, England. It is a Grade I listed building and a National Trust property. Uppark is situated 2 miles north of Compton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Up Marden and Idsworth.
Up Marden
Hamlet
Photo: Oxenhillshaw, Public domain.
Up Marden is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Compton, in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England. It is on the South Downs 7 miles north-west of Chichester, close to East Marden and North Marden.
Idsworth
Hamlet
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Idsworth is an isolated hamlet, with mediaeval Saxon origins, in the civil parish of Rowlands Castle, in the East Hampshire district and South Downs National Park in Hampshire, England. Idsworth is situated 2 miles west of Compton.
East Marden
Hamlet
East Marden is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Marden, in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England. It is on the spur of the South Downs It is first mentioned in the Domesday Book as Meredone and was given in 1086 to Roger, Earl of Montgomery.
Compton
- Type: Locality
- Location: Chichester District, West Sussex, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.9217° or 50° 55′ 18″ northLongitude
-0.8983° or 0° 53′ 54″ westElevation
220 feet (67 metres)Open location code
9C2XW4C2+MMGeoNames ID
7292006
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