Traditional county: West Sussex · District / Borough: Chichester · Region: South East
Explore West Thorney, West Sussex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the West Thorney 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 | West Thorney |
| Traditional County | West Sussex |
| District / Borough | Chichester |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.815074 |
| Longitude | -0.912926 |
| Place Type | Village |
West Thorney, a quiet settlement in West Sussex, breathes the subtle salt tang of the Solent. It lies 4.0 km south-south-east of Emsworth (from Emsworth: bearing 155°T, OS grid SU 766 022), and is situated south-east of Thorney Island village. The very air here seems to hold the memory of ancient salt marshes, a landscape where the land yields gently to the sea's slow, persistent embrace. A scattering of cottages, their brickwork softened by the passage of seasons, cluster around a modest green, a place where the light often falls with a particular, pearly luminescence. The surrounding farmland, a patchwork of greens and golds under the vast South Downs sky, speaks of a continuity of cultivation, a quiet industry that has shaped this corner of England for generations.
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Explore West Thorney, 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: 50.815074, -0.912926. 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. |