Walberton

infobox UK place
country = England
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static_image_caption= Church of St. Mary
latitude= 50.84471
longitude= -0.6198
official_name= Walberton
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shire_district= Arun
shire_county= West Sussex
region= South East England
constituency_westminster= Arundel and South Downs
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dial_code=
os_grid_reference= SU972059

Walberton is a village and civil parish in the Arun District of West Sussex, England. It is located five miles (8km) 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 1044.19ha 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 parish church in Walberton has a Saxon font and west wall. There is a pub in Walberton "The Holly Tree". 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 60's.

External links

* [http://www.walbertonag.org.uk/ Walberton website]