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.
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| 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 keeps watch over the tidal margins where the land yields to the shifting moods of the sea. It lies 2.5 miles 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 flat, salt-washed pastures of West Thorney are defined by the expansive reach of the Chichester Harbour Sssi, where the horizon remains wide and often silvered by the coastal haze. To the south-east, the waters of the Thorney Channel pull rhythmically against the mudflats, dictating the quiet pulse of the local landscape. Ancient field boundaries mark the transition between solid earth and the saline depths of Longmere Point, where the cry of gulls replaces the silence of the inland lanes. History lingers in the architecture of the medieval church, an enduring structure of flint and stone that has weathered centuries of salt-laden gales. The light here possesses a singular clarity, sharpening the edges of the reeds and casting long, austere shadows across the low-lying fields as the tide retreats. West Thorney remains a place of profound stillness, where the boundary between the firmament and the brine is blurred by the constant, patient movement of the water.
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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 | 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. |