WINNER : My Locality/South Stoke Gallery
South Stoke is one of West Sussex's more remote villages. It lies in the Arun Valley north of Arundel at the end of a quiet road on the west bank of the River Arun, on the edge of Arundel Park.
It is a very small village...really just a hamlet comprising a large farm, as church and a handful of cottages. Centuries ago it was larger, with a manor and more farms. The village population decreased after 1806 when common land was enclosed to make Arundel Park, depriving the village of sheep grazing land.