West Sussex

West Sussex

Geography
Status:	Ceremonial & Administrative County
Region:	South East England
Area: - Total - Admin. council	Ranked 30th 1,991 km² Ranked 27th
Admin HQ:	Chichester
:	GB-WSX
ONS code:	45
NUTS 3:	UKJ24
Demographics
Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density - Admin. council	Ranked 27th 755,855 380 / km² Ranked 9th
Ethnicity:	96.6% White 1.7% S.Asian
Politics
West Sussex County Council http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/
Executive:	Conservative
Members of Parliament
Peter Bottomley, Howard Flight, Nick Gibb, Tim Loughton, Francis Maude, Laura Moffatt, Nicholas Soames, Andrew Tyrie
Districts
Worthing Arun Chichester Horsham Crawley Mid Sussex Adur

West Sussex is a county in the south of England, bordering onto East Sussex (with Brighton and Hove), Hampshire and Surrey. The county of Sussex was divided into eastern and western administrative regions, with separate county councils in 1888 but it remained a single county until 1974 when the new counties of East Sussex and West Sussex were created and the Mid Sussex region (including Haywards Heath and East Grinstead) was transferred from East Sussex.

Towns and villages

Angmering, Arundel
Balcombe, Bignor, Billingshurst, Bognor Regis, Bosham, Burgess Hill
Chichester, Clapham, Crawley, Cuckfield
East Grinstead, East Wittering
Ferring
Goring by Sea
Haywards Heath, Henfield, Horsham, Horsted Keynes, Hurstpierpoint
Keymer
Lancing, Littlehampton
Middleton on Sea, Midhurst
Pease Pottage, Petworth, Pulborough
Rustington
Selsey, Shipley, Shoreham-by-Sea, Singleton, Southbourne, Southwick, Steyning, Storrington
Three Bridges
Worthing

Places of Interest

Amberley Museum
Arundel Castle
WWT Arundel, a reserve of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust
Barnham Windmill
Bignor Roman Villa
Bluebell Railway
Christ's Hospital, an old public school notable for its archaic uniforms and picturesque campus.
Fishbourne Roman villa
Gatwick Airport
Goodwood House
Pallant House
Selsey Bill
South Downs Way, a long distance footpath
South Downs
Stansted Park
Wakehurst Place

History

For history see Sussex

EXTERNAL LINKS

Photos of Singleton Wealdland and Downland Museum, Nr Chichester

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