Bersted is a

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...

in the Arun district of

West Sussex West Sussex is a county in South East England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the shire districts of Adur, Arun, Chichester, Horsham, and Mid Sussex, and the boroughs of Crawley and Worthing. Covering an ...

, England. It is made up of two somewhat independent villages, North Bersted and Shripney which contribute to some common amenities.

Governance

An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward contains a little of Bognor Regis but still has a total population taken at the 2011 census of 8,496.

Geography

Elevations range from 8m in the south-west to 2-3m above ordnance datum in the south-east where a straightened river drains the parish. An industrial and business estate takes up the easternmost part of Bersted - in common with most of the country business tends to refer to their post town Bognor Regis and includes a superstore. Some of this area is in the town's boundaries.

History

At North Bersted were found Celtic and Roman settlement remains, including the grave of a warrior known as the

North Bersted Man the sword The North Bersted Man is the modern name given to a warrior found in a burial at excavations by the Thames Valley Archaeological services made in 2008 near North Bersted. The burial contained an exceptional set of objects. It was found ...

. The ancient village of

South Bersted South Bersted is a village and parish in the Arun district of West Sussex, England. It forms part of the built up area of Bognor Regis and lies on the A259 and A29 roads one mile (1.6 km) north of the town centre. The Anglican parish ch ...

is now part of

Bognor Regis Bognor Regis (), sometimes simply known as Bognor (), is a town and seaside resort in West Sussex on the south coast of England, south-west of London, west of Brighton, south-east of Chichester and east of Portsmouth. Other nearby towns i ...

civil parish; it has the 13th century church of the Bersted ecclesiastical parish, which is mid-ranked in the national system.

Localities

North Bersted

This is part of the built-up area next to

accessed on the

A259 The A259 is a road on the south coast of England passing through Hampshire, West Sussex, East Sussex and Kent, and is the longest Zone 2 A road in Great Britain. The main part of the road connects Brighton, Eastbourne, Hastings, Rye and F ...

road commencing northwest of the town's seafront centre.

Shripney

Shripney, in the northeast, has evolved from a thirteenth-century

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. It lies on the

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north of

. ''The Robin Hood''

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is on Shripney Road. In Shripney Lane, there are over forty dwellings, including thatched cottages and caravans. The most recent change to Shripney Lane was when modern houses were built in 2004.

References

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