Traditional county: West Sussex · District / Borough: Chichester · Region: South East
Explore Runcton, West Sussex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Runcton 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.
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| Place | Runcton |
| Traditional County | West Sussex |
| District / Borough | Chichester |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.812566 |
| Longitude | -0.748757 |
| Place Type | Village |
Runcton emerges from the flat, industrious plains of the Sussex coastal plain, where the horizon stretches thin and pale against the weight of the sky. It lies 2.1 miles south-east of Chichester (from Chichester: bearing 141°T, OS grid SU 882 021), and is situated east-south-east of North Mundham village. The light here possesses a singular, clinical clarity, sharpening the edges of the hedgerows and revealing the quiet exhaustion of the soil. Only half a mile to the north-west, the still waters of Runcton Lake capture the grey-blue of the clouds, acting as a mirror for the shifting weather that rolls in from the nearby coast. Nearby, the Chichester and Arundel Canal cuts a dormant, reed-lined path through the land, its history as a vital artery of commerce long surrendered to the slow encroachment of rushes and silt. Runcton maintains a composure defined by its agricultural heritage, where the rhythmic hum of machinery often punctuates the silence of the fields. Winter evenings transform the landscape into a study of muted tones, as frost clings to the low-lying earth and the distant trees dissolve into charcoal smudges. This is a place of functional endurance, where the past is not a monument but a sediment, buried deep beneath the reach of the plough.
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Explore Runcton, 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: 50.812566, -0.748757. 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 | August 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. |