Traditional county: West Sussex · District / Borough: Arun · Region: South East
Explore Atherington, West Sussex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Atherington map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
| Place | Atherington |
| Traditional County | West Sussex |
| District / Borough | Arun |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.802291 |
| Longitude | -0.578764 |
| Place Type | Village |
Atherington rests in the Arun district of West Sussex, a quiet corner of England's South East. It lies 2.8 km west-south-west of Littlehampton (from Littlehampton: bearing 254°T, OS grid TQ 002 012), and is situated south-south-east of Horsemere Green village. The land around Atherington breathes the soft air of the South Downs, a gentle rise and fall that catches the light in a way that feels both ancient and ever-new. Though its origins are lost to the mists of time, Atherington has long been a place where the quiet industry of agriculture has shaped the landscape, its fields stretching towards the distant shimmer of the sea. One might imagine the hushed murmur of centuries past, the echoes of lives lived out in its enduring stone and timber. Atherington's character is one of understated grace, a place where the passage of seasons leaves its mark not in grand pronouncements, but in the subtle turning of the leaves and the deepening hues of twilight.
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Explore Atherington, West Sussex, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 50.802291, -0.578764. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.
| Page built | June 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |