West Sussex
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| West Sussex | |
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| Image:EnglandWestSussex.png | |
| Geography | |
| Status: | Ceremonial & Non-metropolitan county |
| Region: | South East England |
| Area: - Total - Admin. council | Ranked 30th 1,991 km² Ranked 27th |
| Admin HQ: | Chichester |
| ISO 3166-2: | GB-WSX |
| ONS code: | 45 |
| NUTS 3: | UKJ24 |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2004 est.) - Density - Admin. Council | Ranked 27th 762,000 383 / km² Ranked 9th |
| Ethnicity: | 96.6% White 1.7% S.Asian |
| Politics | |
| Image:Westsussexarms.PNG West Sussex County Council http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/ | |
| Executive: | Conservative |
| Members of Parliament | |
| Peter Bottomley, Nick Gibb, Nick Herbert, Tim Loughton, Francis Maude, Laura Moffatt, Nicholas Soames, Andrew Tyrie | |
| Districts | |
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 has been divided into East and West since the 12th century, and obtained separate county councils in 1888, but it remained a single ceremonial county until 1974 and the coming into force of the Local Government Act 1972. Also at this time the Mid Sussex region (including Haywards Heath and East Grinstead) was transferred from East Sussex.
The highest point of the county is Black Down, at 280m/919ft. (GR SU919296)
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Local government districts
There are seven local government districts within the county of West Sussex:
Towns and villages
See:
Places of interest
- Amberley Museum, Arundel Castle, WWT Arundel (a nature 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.
- Cissbury Ring & Chanctonbury Ring, ancient hill forts located on the South Downs
- Fishbourne Roman villa
- Lancing College
- Gatwick Airport, Goodwood House
- High Salvington windmill
- Pallant House
- Selsey Bill, Shoreham Airport - the worlds oldest continually-operational airport,
- South Downs Way - a long distance footpath
- Stanstead Park
- St Mary's Church, Sompting - an 11th Century Anglo-Saxon church.
- Wakehurst Place
- St Margaret's Church, West Hoathly - an 11th Century Anglo-Saxon church.
History
Main article: History of Sussex.
See also
External links
- Information on Sussex, history, maps
- Photos of Singleton Wealdland and Downland Museum, Nr Chichester
- Restaurants and takeaways in West Sussex
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