Bersted is a

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in the Arun district of

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, England. It is made up of two independent villages, North Bersted and Shripney.

Governance

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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 ancient village of South Bersted is now part of

Bognor Regis Bognor Regis (), also 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 include Littleham ...

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

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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 A29 road 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.

References

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