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West Sussex is a county
County

A county is a land area of Local government government within a larger state. A county may have city and towns within its area....
 in the south of England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
, bordering onto East Sussex
East Sussex

East Sussex is a Counties of England in South East England England. It is bordered by the counties of Kent, Surrey, Brighton and Hove and West Sussex, and to the south by the English Channel....
 (with Brighton and Hove), Hampshire
Hampshire

Hampshire , sometimes historically Southamptonshire, Hamptonshire, , or the County of Southampton, is a Counties of England on the south coast of England....
 and Surrey
Surrey

Surrey is a counties of England in the South East England of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire, and Berkshire....
. The county of Sussex
Sussex

Sussex , from the Old English Su?seaxe , is a Historic counties of England in South East England England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex....
 has been divided into East and West since the 12th century, and obtained separate county council
County council

A County council is the elected administrative body governing an area known as a county. This term has slightly different meanings in different countries....
s in 1888, but it remained a single ceremonial county
Ceremonial counties of England

The ceremonial counties are areas of England that are appointed a Lord Lieutenant, and are defined by the government as the Counties for the purposes of the Lieutenancies Act 1997 with reference to the metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England and Lieutenancies Act 1997....
 until 1974 and the coming into force of the Local Government Act 1972
Local Government Act 1972

The Local Government Act 1972 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom, that reformed local government in the United Kingdom in England and Wales, on 1 April 1974....
. Also at this time the Mid Sussex
Mid Sussex

Mid Sussex is a Districts of England in the England county of West Sussex. It contains the towns of East Grinstead, Haywards Heath and Burgess Hill....
 region (including Haywards Heath
Haywards Heath

Haywards Heath is a town in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England. It lies south of London, north of Brighton, south of Gatwick Airport and east northeast of the county town of Chichester....
, Burgess Hill
Burgess Hill

Burgess Hill is a town and civil parish in the Mid Sussex district of West Sussex, England, close to the border with East Sussex. Located 38 miles  south of London, 10 miles  north of Brighton and Hove, and 29&n...
 and East Grinstead
East Grinstead

East Grinstead is a town and civil parish in the northeastern corner of Mid Sussex, West Sussex in England near the East Sussex, Surrey, and Kent borders....
) was transferred from East Sussex.

West Sussex is a diverse county; it is well known for its stately home
Stately home

A stately home is, strictly speaking, one of about 500 large properties built in the British Isles between the mid-16th century and the early part of the 20th century, as well as converted abbeys and other church property ....
s and castles such as Arundel Castle
Arundel Castle

Arundel Castle in West Sussex, England is a restored medieval castle. The castle dates from the reign of Edward the Confessor and was completed by Roger de Montgomery, who became the first to hold the Earl of Arundel by the graces of William I of England....
 and Bramber Castle
Bramber Castle

Bramber Castle is a Normans motte-and-bailey castle in the village of Bramber, West Sussex overlooking the River Adur .William de Braose, 1st Lord of Bramber constructed the castle c1070, along with the Norman church, on a natural mound and most of the surviving masonry dates from this time....
.






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West Sussex is a county
County

A county is a land area of Local government government within a larger state. A county may have city and towns within its area....
 in the south of England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
, bordering onto East Sussex
East Sussex

East Sussex is a Counties of England in South East England England. It is bordered by the counties of Kent, Surrey, Brighton and Hove and West Sussex, and to the south by the English Channel....
 (with Brighton and Hove), Hampshire
Hampshire

Hampshire , sometimes historically Southamptonshire, Hamptonshire, , or the County of Southampton, is a Counties of England on the south coast of England....
 and Surrey
Surrey

Surrey is a counties of England in the South East England of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire, and Berkshire....
. The county of Sussex
Sussex

Sussex , from the Old English Su?seaxe , is a Historic counties of England in South East England England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex....
 has been divided into East and West since the 12th century, and obtained separate county council
County council

A County council is the elected administrative body governing an area known as a county. This term has slightly different meanings in different countries....
s in 1888, but it remained a single ceremonial county
Ceremonial counties of England

The ceremonial counties are areas of England that are appointed a Lord Lieutenant, and are defined by the government as the Counties for the purposes of the Lieutenancies Act 1997 with reference to the metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England and Lieutenancies Act 1997....
 until 1974 and the coming into force of the Local Government Act 1972
Local Government Act 1972

The Local Government Act 1972 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom, that reformed local government in the United Kingdom in England and Wales, on 1 April 1974....
. Also at this time the Mid Sussex
Mid Sussex

Mid Sussex is a Districts of England in the England county of West Sussex. It contains the towns of East Grinstead, Haywards Heath and Burgess Hill....
 region (including Haywards Heath
Haywards Heath

Haywards Heath is a town in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England. It lies south of London, north of Brighton, south of Gatwick Airport and east northeast of the county town of Chichester....
, Burgess Hill
Burgess Hill

Burgess Hill is a town and civil parish in the Mid Sussex district of West Sussex, England, close to the border with East Sussex. Located 38 miles  south of London, 10 miles  north of Brighton and Hove, and 29&n...
 and East Grinstead
East Grinstead

East Grinstead is a town and civil parish in the northeastern corner of Mid Sussex, West Sussex in England near the East Sussex, Surrey, and Kent borders....
) was transferred from East Sussex.

West Sussex is a diverse county; it is well known for its stately home
Stately home

A stately home is, strictly speaking, one of about 500 large properties built in the British Isles between the mid-16th century and the early part of the 20th century, as well as converted abbeys and other church property ....
s and castles such as Arundel Castle
Arundel Castle

Arundel Castle in West Sussex, England is a restored medieval castle. The castle dates from the reign of Edward the Confessor and was completed by Roger de Montgomery, who became the first to hold the Earl of Arundel by the graces of William I of England....
 and Bramber Castle
Bramber Castle

Bramber Castle is a Normans motte-and-bailey castle in the village of Bramber, West Sussex overlooking the River Adur .William de Braose, 1st Lord of Bramber constructed the castle c1070, along with the Norman church, on a natural mound and most of the surviving masonry dates from this time....
. Over half the county is protected countryside, offering popular walking and cycling ground for visitors and residents alike .

Chichester
Chichester

Chichester is a cathedral city status in the United Kingdom in West Sussex, England. It has a long history as a settlement; its Ancient Rome past and its subsequent importance in Anglo-Saxon times are only its beginnings....
 is the county town
County town

A county town is the 'capital' of a county in the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland. County towns are usually the location of administrative or judicial functions, or established over time as the de facto main town of a county....
 of West Sussex, and the highest point of the county is Black Down
Blackdown, Sussex

Blackdown, or Black Down, is the highest hill in the historic county of Sussex, at 280 metres , and is second only to Leith Hill in south-east England....
, at 280m/919 ft .

Settlements

Chichester Market Cross 2002 07 15
Most settlements in West Sussex are either along the south coast or are situated in the M23
M23 motorway

The M23 motorway is a motorway in England. The motorway runs from south of Hooley in Surrey, where it splits from the A23 road, to Pease Pottage, south of Crawley in West Sussex where it rejoins the A23....
 corridor. Crawley
Crawley

Crawley is a town and local government district with Borough status in England and Wales in West Sussex, England. It is south of London, north of Brighton and Hove, and northeast of the county town of Chichester, covers an area of and had a population of 99,744 at the time of the United Kingdom Census 2001....
 and Worthing
Worthing

Worthing is a large seaside resort town and a local government borough in West Sussex, England. Around 100,000 people live within the borough itself and 183,000 in the urban area....
 are the largest settlements in the county, with populations of approximately 100 000 inhabitants each. Next in size order comes Bognor Regis
Bognor Regis

Bognor Regis is a seaside resort town and civil parish in the Arun District of West Sussex, on the south coast of England. It lies south southwest of London, west of Brighton, and southeast of the county town of Chichester....
, on the south coast, followed by the market town of Horsham
Horsham

Horsham is a market town situated on the River Arun in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England with a population of roughly 50,000 . It lies south southwest of London, northwest of Brighton and northeast of the county town of Chichester....
. Chichester, the county town, boasts a cathedral
Cathedral

A cathedral is a Christian church that contains the seat of a bishop. It is a Religion building for worship, specifically of a denomination with an episcopal hierarchy, such as the Roman Catholic Church, Anglicanism, Orthodox Christian and some Lutheranism churches, which serves as a bishop's seat, and thus as the central church of a dioc...
 and city status
City status in the United Kingdom

City status in the United Kingdom is granted by the British monarchy to a select group of communities. The holding of city status gives a settlement no special rights other than that of calling itself a "city"....
, and is situated not far from the border with Hampshire
Hampshire

Hampshire , sometimes historically Southamptonshire, Hamptonshire, , or the County of Southampton, is a Counties of England on the south coast of England....
. Other towns in alphabetical order are Burgess Hill
Burgess Hill

Burgess Hill is a town and civil parish in the Mid Sussex district of West Sussex, England, close to the border with East Sussex. Located 38 miles  south of London, 10 miles  north of Brighton and Hove, and 29&n...
, East Grinstead
East Grinstead

East Grinstead is a town and civil parish in the northeastern corner of Mid Sussex, West Sussex in England near the East Sussex, Surrey, and Kent borders....
 and Haywards Heath
Haywards Heath

Haywards Heath is a town in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England. It lies south of London, north of Brighton, south of Gatwick Airport and east northeast of the county town of Chichester....
 in the Mid Sussex
Mid Sussex

Mid Sussex is a Districts of England in the England county of West Sussex. It contains the towns of East Grinstead, Haywards Heath and Burgess Hill....
 district, and Littlehampton
Littlehampton

Littlehampton is a seaside resort town and civil parish in the Arun District of West Sussex, England, located on the east bank at the mouth of the River Arun....
 in the Arun
Arun

Arun is a Districts of England in West Sussex, England. The district is named for the River Arun. Its main towns are Littlehampton and Bognor Regis....
 district.

Other settlements include the towns of Arundel
Arundel

Arundel is a market town and civil parish in the South Downs of West Sussex in the south of England. It lies south southwest of London, west of Brighton, and east of the county town of Chichester....
 and Shoreham-by-Sea
Shoreham-by-Sea

Shoreham-by-Sea is a small town, port and seaside resort, also being the major settlement in the Adur District of West Sussex in South East England....
, and the smaller settlements of Billingshurst
Billingshurst

Billingshurst is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies 13 km south-west of Horsham, and 8 km north-east of Pulborough....
, Copthorne
Copthorne

Copthorne may refer to:...
, Crawley Down
Crawley Down

Crawley Down is a village in in the Mid Sussex district of West Sussex, England. There are three churches, one school, and a number of social groups....
, Cuckfield
Cuckfield

Cuckfield is a large village and civil parish in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England, on the southern slopes of the Weald. It lies south of London, north of Brighton, and east northeast of the county town of Chichester....
, Henfield
Henfield

Henfield is a large village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies south of London, northwest of Brighton, and east northeast of the county town of Chichester at the road junction of the A281 and A2037....
, Hassocks
Hassocks

Hassocks is a large village and civil parish in the Mid Sussex district of West Sussex, England. Its name is believed to derive from the tufts of grass found in the surrounding fields....
, Hurstpierpoint
Hurstpierpoint

Hurstpierpoint is a village in the Mid Sussex district of West Sussex, England. Together with Sayers Common it forms one of the Mid Sussex civil parishes, with an area of 2029.88 ha and a population of 6,264 persons....
, Lancing
Lancing, West Sussex

Lancing is a village and civil parish in the Adur district of West Sussex, England, on the western edge of the Adur Valley. It lies on the coastal plain between Sompting to the west, Shoreham-by-Sea to the east and the parish of Coombes to the north....
, Lindfield
Lindfield

Lindfield may refer to:*Lindfield, New South Wales, Australia*Lindfield, West Sussex, England...
, Midhurst
Midhurst

Midhurst is a market town and civil parish in the Chichester Districts of England of West Sussex, England, with a population of approximately 5000 people....
, Petworth
Petworth

Petworth is a small town and civil parish in the Chichester District of West Sussex, England. It is located at the junction of the A272 road east-west road from Heathfield,_East_Sussex to Winchester and the A283 road Milford,_Surrey to Shoreham-by-Sea road....
, Rustington
Rustington

Rustington is a seaside resort and civil parish near Littlehampton in Sussex. For local government purposes, it forms part of the Arun district and the administrative county of West Sussex....
, Steyning
Steyning

Steyning is a small town and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It is located at the north end of the River Adur gap in the South Downs, four miles north of Shoreham-by-Sea....
, Storrington
Storrington

Storrington is a village in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England, and one of two in the civil parish of Storrington and Sullington. Storrington lies at the foot of the north side of the South Downs....
 and Pulborough
Pulborough

Pulborough is a large village and civil parish in the Horsham district of West Sussex, England, of some 5,000 inhabitants, located almost centrally within the county being due south of London....
.

For a full list of settlements see List of places in West Sussex
List of places in West Sussex

This is a list of city, towns and villages in the ceremonial counties of England of West Sussex, England....
.

Communications and transport

The M23
M23 motorway

The M23 motorway is a motorway in England. The motorway runs from south of Hooley in Surrey, where it splits from the A23 road, to Pease Pottage, south of Crawley in West Sussex where it rejoins the A23....
/A23
A23 road

The A23 road is a major road in the United Kingdom between London and Brighton, East Sussex. It became an arterial route following the construction of Westminster Bridge in 1750 and the consequent improvement of roads leading to the bridge south of the river by the Turnpike Trusts....
 runs through the east of the county from Waterloo
Lambeth

Lambeth is a place in the London Borough of Lambeth, although the area is now more commonly known as Waterloo, after the railway station whose viaduct separates the former centre of the village from the River Thames....
 in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
 all the way to Brighton
Brighton

Brighton is a city on the south coast of England and, with its neighbours Hove and Portslade, forms the Brighton and Hove.The ancient settlement of Brighthelmston dates from before the Domesday Book , but it emerged as a health resort during the 18th Century and became a destination for day-trippers after the arrival of the railway in...
. Other major roads are the A272
A272 road

The A272 is a road in South-East England. It follows an approximate East-West route from near Heathfield, East Sussex, East Sussex to the city of Winchester, Hampshire....
 which runs east to west, and the A27
A27 road

The A27 is a major road in England. It runs from its junction with the A36 road at Whiteparish in the county of Wiltshire. Heading east it closely parallels the south coast where it passes through West Sussex and terminates at Pevensey in East Sussex....
 which does the same but closer to the coast; the A272 going through the middle of the county. Along the majority of the coast can be found the A259
A259 road

The A259 is a major road in England, running along the south coast, with part of the A259 running almost parallel to the A27 road. The A259 runs east from Emsworth in Hampshire, into West Sussex via Chichester, Bognor Regis, Littlehampton, Ferring, Worthing, Lancing, West Sussex, Shoreham-by-Sea, Portslade And East Sussex via Hove, Brighton,...
, which is often used as an alternate route to the A27.

Gatwick Airport, which handled over 32 million passengers in 2005, is located to the north of Crawley
Crawley

Crawley is a town and local government district with Borough status in England and Wales in West Sussex, England. It is south of London, north of Brighton and Hove, and northeast of the county town of Chichester, covers an area of and had a population of 99,744 at the time of the United Kingdom Census 2001....
, and is the second largest airport in the United Kingdom. There is also a considerably smaller local airport
Airport

An airport is a location where aircraft such as Fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and Non-rigid airship take off and land. Aircraft may also be stored or maintained at an airport....
 at Shoreham. There are 3 main railway routes; the Brighton Main Line
Brighton Main Line

The Brighton Main Line is a major :Category:Railway lines in the United Kingdom running from London Victoria station and London Bridge station to Brighton railway station....
, the Arun Valley Line
Arun Valley Line

The Arun Valley Line is part of the Southern -operated railway services. For the initial part of the route trains follow the Brighton Main Line, and at a junction south of Three Bridges railway station the route turns westwards....
 and the West Coastway Line
West Coastway Line

The West Coastway Line is a railway line in England, along the south coast of West Sussex and Hampshire, to the west of Brighton., plus the short branches to Littlehampton railway station and Bognor Regis railway station....
.

Local government

, based at County Hall Chichester, provides a large range of services including education, social services, fire and rescue, libraries, town and country planning, refuse disposal and consumer services. In addition, there are seven local government districts within the county of West Sussex:

  • Adur
  • Arun
    Arun

    Arun is a Districts of England in West Sussex, England. The district is named for the River Arun. Its main towns are Littlehampton and Bognor Regis....
  • Chichester
    Chichester (district)

    Chichester is a largely rural Districts of England in West Sussex, England. Its council is based in the city of Chichester....
  • Crawley
    Crawley

    Crawley is a town and local government district with Borough status in England and Wales in West Sussex, England. It is south of London, north of Brighton and Hove, and northeast of the county town of Chichester, covers an area of and had a population of 99,744 at the time of the United Kingdom Census 2001....
  • Horsham
    Horsham (district)

    Horsham is a Districts of England in West Sussex, England. Its council is based in Horsham. The district borders those of Crawley, Mid Sussex, Mole Valley, Chichester , Arun and Adur ....
  • Mid Sussex
    Mid Sussex

    Mid Sussex is a Districts of England in the England county of West Sussex. It contains the towns of East Grinstead, Haywards Heath and Burgess Hill....
  • Worthing
    Worthing

    Worthing is a large seaside resort town and a local government borough in West Sussex, England. Around 100,000 people live within the borough itself and 183,000 in the urban area....


Places of interest


Castles, houses and other buildings

  • Arundel Castle
    Arundel Castle

    Arundel Castle in West Sussex, England is a restored medieval castle. The castle dates from the reign of Edward the Confessor and was completed by Roger de Montgomery, who became the first to hold the Earl of Arundel by the graces of William I of England....
  • Barnham
    Barnham, West Sussex

    Barnham is a large village and civil parish in the Arun district of West Sussex, England, about five miles north of Bognor Regis. The civil parish had a population of 1,270 persons according to the 1991 census, although the adjacent area of 'West Barnham' adds a further 3,107 to the total....
     Windmill
  • Christ's Hospital
    Christ's Hospital

    Christ's Hospital is a full board coeducational boarding school located in the countryside just south of Horsham, West Sussex, England. The school was originally founded in the 16th century in Christ Church Greyfriars, London and Hertford....
    , an old public school notable for its archaic uniforms and picturesque campus.
  • Goodwood House
    Goodwood House

    Goodwood House is a country house in West Sussex in southern England. It is the seat of the Dukes of Richmond. Several architects have contributed to the design of the house, including James Wyatt....
     & Goodwood Motor Circuit
  • High Salvington windmill
    High Salvington windmill

    Durrington or High Salvington Windmill is a Listed building listed post mill in High Salvington, Sussex that has been restored and is in full working order....
  • Hurstpierpoint College
    Hurstpierpoint College

    Hurstpierpoint College is an Independent school, Coeducation, Day school and boarding school for pupils aged 13-18, located in the village of Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex....
     - a Public School, notable for its substantial Sussex flint buildings and large campus.
  • Lancing College
    Lancing College

    Lancing College is a co-educational England Independent school , founded in 1848 by Nathaniel Woodard, whose aim was to provide education based on sound principle and sound knowledge, firmly grounded in the Christian faith. Lancing was to be the first of a family of over 30 schools founded by Woodard ....
     - a Public School, notable for its substantial Sussex sandstone chapel and large campus.
  • Petworth House
    Petworth House

    Petworth House in Petworth, West Sussex, England, is a late 17th-century mansion, rebuilt in 1688 by Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, and altered in the 1870s by Anthony Salvin....
  • Queen Victoria Hospital East Grinstead
    East Grinstead

    East Grinstead is a town and civil parish in the northeastern corner of Mid Sussex, West Sussex in England near the East Sussex, Surrey, and Kent borders....
     - Home of the McIndoe burns centre. Pioneered reconstructive surgery for burns patients during the Second World War.
  • Sackville College
    Sackville College

    Sackville College is a Jacobean almshouse in town of East Grinstead, West Sussex, England.It was founded in 1609 with money left by Robert Sackville, Earl of Dorset....
    , a Jacobean almshouse in East Grinstead
    East Grinstead

    East Grinstead is a town and civil parish in the northeastern corner of Mid Sussex, West Sussex in England near the East Sussex, Surrey, and Kent borders....
  • Shipley Windmill
    Shipley Windmill

    King's Mill or Vincent's Mill, Shipley, West Sussex, West Sussex, England is a smock mill built in 1879 which has been restored and is open to the public....
  • Standen
    Standen

    Standen is an Arts and Crafts movement house located near East Grinstead, West Sussex, England. The house and its surrounding gardens belong to the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty and are open to the public....
    , East Grinstead
  • Uppark
    Uppark

    Uppark is a 17th-century house in South Harting, Petersfield, Hampshire, West Sussex, England and a National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty property....
  • Cobnor House - Home to the Beale Family who were heavily involved with Chichester Harbour


Museums

W Sussex Arms 1889
N2 Path
* Amberley Working Museum
Amberley Working Museum

Amberley Working Museum is a museum at Amberley, West Sussex, near Arundel in West Sussex, England.The museum was founded in 1979 by the Southern Industrial History Centre Trust and has previously been known as the Amberley Chalk Pits Museum or plain Amberley Museum....
  • Steyning Museum
  • Tangmere Military Aviation Museum
  • Weald and Downland Open Air Museum
    Weald and Downland Open Air Museum

    Weald and Downland Open Air Museum is an open air museum at Singleton, West Sussex, Sussex, England. The museum covers , with nearly 50 historic buildings dating from the thirteenth to nineteenth centuries, along with gardens, farm animals, walks and a lake....
     of Historic Buildings at Singleton
    Singleton, West Sussex

    Singleton is a village and civil parish in the Chichester Districts of England of West Sussex, England. It lies in the River Lavant, West Sussex valley, north of Chichester on the A286 road road to Midhurst....


Nature

  • WWT Arundel
    WWT Arundel

    WWT Arundel is one of nine wildfowl and wetland nature reserves managed by the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, a nature Conservation ethic Charitable organization in the United Kingdom....
     (a nature reserve
    Nature reserve

    A nature reserve is a protected area of importance for wildlife, flora , fauna or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed for Conservation ethic and to provide special opportunities for study or research....
     of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust
    Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust

    The Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust is a wildfowl and wetland Conservation movement charitable organization in the United Kingdom. Its patron is Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom....
    )
  • Selsey Bill
    Selsey Bill

    Selsey Bill is a Headlands and bays into the English Channel on the south coast of England in the county of West Sussex.It is the easternmost point of Bracklesham Bay and the westernmost point of the Sussex Coast....
  • South Downs Way
    South Downs Way

    The South Downs Way is a long distance footpath and bridleway. The trail has about of ascent and descent.The undulating path begins in Winchester and moves past Cheesefoot Head, the towns of Petersfield, Hampshire and Arundel, the village of Steyning, Devil's Dyke, Sussex viewpoint near Brighton, and miles of chalk downland, finally endin...
     - a long distance footpath
  • Stansted Park
    Stansted Park

    Stansted Park is near the city of Chichester, West Sussex, England. It lies within the parish of Stoughton, West Sussex, near the village of Rowland's Castle over the border in Hampshire....
  • Wakehurst Place


Ancient history

  • Bignor
    Bignor

    Bignor is a village and civil parish in the Chichester of the England county of West Sussex, about six miles north of Arundel.The nearest railway station is 3.3 miles southeast of the village, at Amberley railway station ....
     Roman Villa
  • Cissbury Ring
    Cissbury Ring

    Cissbury Ring is a hill fort on the South Downs, in the borough of Worthing, and about from its town centre, in the England county of West Sussex....
     and Chanctonbury Ring
    Chanctonbury Ring

    Chanctonbury Ring is a hill fort based ring of trees atop Chanctonbury Hill on the South Downs, on the border of the civil parishes of Washington, West Sussex and Wiston, West Sussex in the England county of West Sussex....
    , ancient hill fort
    Hill fort

    A hill fort is type of fortification refuge or defended settlement, located to exploit a rise in elevation for defensive advantage. They are typically European and of the Bronze Age and Iron Ages....
    s located on the South Downs
    South Downs

    The South Downs is one of the four areas of Southern England Chalk Formation downland in southern England. They extend from the eastern side of Hampshire through Sussex, culminating in the cliffs at Beachy Head....
  • Fishbourne Roman Palace
    Fishbourne Roman Palace

    Fishbourne Roman Palace, in the village of Fishbourne%2C_West_Sussex in West Sussex, England is an important Roman Empire archaeology site in Roman Britain....


Religious buildings

  • Bosham
    Bosham

    Bosham is a small coastal village and civil parish in the Chichester District of West Sussex, England, situated three miles west of Chichester on an inlet of Chichester Harbour....
     Church
  • St. Margaret
    Margaret the Virgin

    Margaret the Virgin, also known as Margaret of Antioch , virgin and martyr, is celebrated by the Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Church Churches on July 20 and July 17 in the Eastern Church....
    's Church, West Hoathly
    West Hoathly

    West Hoathly is a village and civil parish in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England, located 6 kilometres south west of East Grinstead....
     - an 11th century Anglo-Saxon
    Anglo-Saxons

    Anglo-Saxons is the term usually used to describe the invading tribes in the south and east of Great Britain starting from the early 5th century AD, and their creation of the English nation, lasting until the Norman conquest of England of 1066....
     church
  • St Mary's Church, Sompting
    Sompting

    Sompting is a village and civil parish in the Adur District of West Sussex, England, located between Lancing, West Sussex and Worthing, at the foot of the southern slope of the South Downs....
     - an 11th century Anglo-Saxon church.
  • St Swithuns Church East Grinstead
    East Grinstead

    East Grinstead is a town and civil parish in the northeastern corner of Mid Sussex, West Sussex in England near the East Sussex, Surrey, and Kent borders....
  • St. Nicholas' Church, Worth
    St. Nicholas' Church, Worth

    St. Nicholas Church, more commonly known as Worth Church, is an Anglican church in Worth, West Sussex, a village in Crawley, England. At one point, it had the largest geographical parish in England...
     - a 10th century church in Worth
    Worth

    Worth may refer to:...
    , Crawley
    Crawley

    Crawley is a town and local government district with Borough status in England and Wales in West Sussex, England. It is south of London, north of Brighton and Hove, and northeast of the county town of Chichester, covers an area of and had a population of 99,744 at the time of the United Kingdom Census 2001....
  • St. Marks Church, Horsham
    St. Marks Church, Horsham

    St Marks Church is an Anglican church situated on North Heath Lane in the North Horsham parish in the district of Horsham, West Sussex in Great Britain....
     - an Anglican church in Horsham
    Horsham

    Horsham is a market town situated on the River Arun in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England with a population of roughly 50,000 . It lies south southwest of London, northwest of Brighton and northeast of the county town of Chichester....
  • Cittaviveka
    Chithurst Buddhist Monastery

    Cittaviveka, popularly known as Chithurst Buddhist Monastery, is an England monastery in the Thai Forest Tradition of Theravada Buddhism. Established in 1979 by Ajahn Chah and Ajahn Sumedho, it was the founding monastery of the Thai Forest Tradition in the West....
     - a Buddhist monastery in Chithurst


See also :Category:Churches in West Sussex

The arts

  • Pallant House Gallery
    Pallant House Gallery

    Pallant House Gallery is an art gallery in Chichester, West Sussex, England. It houses one of the best collections of modern British art from the 20th century in the world....
     in Chichester houses one of the most significant collections of 20th century British art outside London. It includes a substantial body of early and mid-20th century work bequeathed by Walter Hussey
    Walter Hussey

    Walter Hussey was an Anglican clergyman who had a great fondness for the arts, commissioning a number of musical compositions and visual art for the church as well as amassing his own collection....
     (Dean of Chichester Cathedral, 1955-1977) and many later works donated by Sir Colin St John 'Sandy' Wilson.
  • Worthing Museum and Art Gallery
    Worthing Museum and Art Gallery

    Worthing Museum and Art Gallery in the centre of Worthing is the largest museum in West Sussex. It will celebrate its centenary in 2008....
     houses the biggest collection of Georgian & Victorian costume in South East England.


Other

  • Gatwick Airport
    London Gatwick Airport

    Gatwick Airport is London's second largest airport and second Busiest airports in the United Kingdom by total passenger traffic in the United Kingdom after London Heathrow Airport....
  • Shoreham Airport
    Shoreham Airport

    Shoreham Airport , also known as Shoreham Airport, owned by Albemarle Shoreham Airport Limited following the sale of the airport by Brighton & Hove City Council and Worthing Borough Council in July 2006, is an airport located 1 nautical mile west of Shoreham-by-Sea and just east of Lancing, West Sussex, West Sussex, near Brighton....
     - the world's oldest continually-operational airport.
  • Hickstead
    Hickstead

    The All England Jumping Course at Hickstead is the leading outdoor showjumping venue in England. It is located in rural West Sussex to the west of Burgess Hill and Haywards Heath and the main A23 road from London to Brighton....
     Showjumping


History

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Economy

This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of West Sussex at current basic prices (pp.240-253) by Office for National Statistics with figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling.

Year Regional Gross
Value Added 		Agriculture Industry Services
1995 8,564 208 2,239 6,116
2000 10,576 162 2,545 7,869
2003 12,619 185 2,520 9,915




The following are some of the companies based in West Sussex:
  • Crawley
    • Virgin Atlantic Airways
      Virgin Atlantic Airways

      Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd. is a United Kingdom airline owned by Richard Branson's Virgin Group and Singapore Airlines . It operates between the United Kingdom and North America, the Caribbean, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia from main bases at London Heathrow Airport and London Gatwick Airport....
    • British Airways
      British Airways

      British Airways plc is an airline of the United Kingdom. The airline has the largest fleet of aircraft of any United Kingdom airline, but is only second in terms of international passengers carried....
    • AIRMILES
    • Unilever
      Unilever

      Unilever is a multi-national corporation, formed of United Kingdom-Netherlands parentage that owns many of the world's consumer product brand names in foods, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products....
    • BOC Edwards
      The BOC Group

      The BOC Group plc was the official name of the multinational industrial gas and British based company more commonly known as BOC, and now a part of The Linde Group....
    • TUI Travel PLC
      TUI Travel PLC

      TUI Travel PLC is a FTSE 100 leading international leisure travel group listed on the London Stock Exchange. It was formed on 3 September 2007 by the merger of First Choice Holidays PLC and the Tourism Division of TUI AG, which owns 51% of the company, operating in 180 countries and serving 30m customers....
    • Thales UK
  • Burgess Hill
    • Roche Diagnostics UK
      Roche Diagnostics

      Roche Diagnostics Division is a subsidiary of Hoffmann-La Roche which manufactures equipment and reagents for research and medical diagnostic applications....
    • Network Technology PLC
      Network Technology PLC

      Network Technology plc is a public limited company listed on the London Stock Exchange.The company's headquarters are in Burgess Hill, West Sussex, England....
  • Littlehampton
    • The Body Shop
      The Body Shop

      The Body Shop International plc, known as The Body Shop, has 2,400 stores in 61 countries. Following O Boticario, a Brazilian company, The Body Shop is the second largest cosmetic franchise in the world....
  • Chichester
    • Rolls-Royce Motor Cars
      Rolls-Royce Motor Cars

      Rolls-Royce Motor Cars is an English manufacturer of luxury automobiles based in Goodwood, England. It is the current producer of Rolls-Royce branded automobiles, whose historical production dates back to 1904....


Education

West Sussex has a comprehensive education system, with 36 county-maintained secondary schools, one Academy and over 20 independent senior schools. In addition, primary education is provided through a mix of around 240 infant
Infant school

An Infant school is a type of school which caters for young children, usually between the ages of 4 and 7 years. In the United Kingdom it is usually a small school serving a particular locality....
, junior
Junior school

A junior school is a type of school which caters for children, often between the ages of 4 and 11....
, primary, first
First School

First school and lower school are terms used in some areas of the United Kingdom to describe the first stage of primary education. Some Education in England Local Education Authority have introduced First Schools since the 1960s....
 and middle
Middle school

Middle school or junior high school serves as a "bridge" between elementary school and high school. The terms can be used in different ways in different countries, sometimes interchangeably....
 schools.

Politics

West Sussex County Council has 70 councillor
Councillor

A councillor or councilor is a member of a local government council, such as a city council. Often in the United States, the title is councilman or councilwoman....
s; the majority of them being Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
. There are 47 Conservative councillors, 16 Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrats

The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems or just Lib Dem, are a Liberalism political party in the United Kingdom, formed in 1988 by merging the Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party ; the two parties had been SDP-Liberal Alliance for seven years, from shortly after the formation of the SDP....
, and 7 Labour Party
Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century, it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Left-wing politics in England, Scotland and Wales, but not Northern Ireland, where it has only recently organised again....
 councillors.

As of the 2005 general election
United Kingdom general election, 2005

The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005 to elect members to the British House of Commons. The Labour Party under Tony Blair won its third consecutive victory, with a reduced Majority government of 66....
, West Sussex is largely represented by Conservative MPs
Member of Parliament

A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative of the voters to a parliament. In many countries the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a unique title, such as senate, and thus also have unique titles for its members, such as senators....
, with the exception of the Labour Party constituency of Crawley
Crawley (UK Parliament constituency)

Crawley is a constituency represented in the British House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....
, where Labour held the seat by just 37 votes. The Members of Parliament, their corresponding constituencies and the percentage of the vote they received are as follows:

  • Arundel & South Downs - Nick Herbert
    Nick Herbert

    Nicholas Le Quesne "Nick" Herbert is a United Kingdom politician and the Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Arundel and South Downs ....
    , Conservative, 49.8%
  • Bognor Regis - Nick Gibb
    Nick Gibb

    Nicolas John "Nick" Gibb MP is a United Kingdom politician. He is the Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton ....
    , Conservative, 44.6%
  • Chichester - Andrew Tyrie
    Andrew Tyrie

    Andrew Guy Tyrie is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Chichester , and was first elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1997....
    , Conservative, 48.3%
  • Crawley - Laura Moffatt
    Laura Moffatt

    Laura Jean Moffatt is a politician in the United Kingdom. She is Labour Party member of Parliament for Crawley , and was first elected in United Kingdom general election, 1997, after boundary changes led to most of the rural parts of the constituency being removed to neighbouring constituencies....
    , Labour, 39.1%
  • Horsham - Francis Maude
    Francis Maude

    Francis Anthony Aylmer Maude is a United Kingdom politician. He is the Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Horsham , Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office, Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and a member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom....
    , Conservative, 50.0%
  • Mid Sussex - Nicholas Soames
    Nicholas Soames

    Arthur Nicholas Winston Soames is a United Kingdom Conservative Party politician, widely known as Nicholas Soames.He is Member of Parliament for Mid Sussex and was Minister of State for the Armed Forces....
    , Conservative, 48.0%
  • Worthing East - Tim Loughton
    Tim Loughton

    Timothy Paul Loughton is a United Kingdom Conservative Party politician, and has been Member of Parliament for East Worthing and Shoreham since the United Kingdom general election, 1997....
    , Conservative, 43.9%
  • Worthing West - Peter Bottomley
    Peter Bottomley

    Peter James Bottomley is a United Kingdom politician. He is the Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Worthing West ....
    , Conservative, 47.6%




See also

  • East Sussex
    East Sussex

    East Sussex is a Counties of England in South East England England. It is bordered by the counties of Kent, Surrey, Brighton and Hove and West Sussex, and to the south by the English Channel....
  • Sussex
    Sussex

    Sussex , from the Old English Su?seaxe , is a Historic counties of England in South East England England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex....
  • The Royal Sussex Regiment
  • Eastbourne Redoubt
    Eastbourne Redoubt

    Eastbourne Redoubt is a fort on what is now Royal Parade, Eastbourne, East Sussex, England....
     Home of the Royal Sussex Regimental Museum


Image Gallery


External links

  • Information about the arts, culture, sports and community in West Sussex
  • is a free website containing transcribed censuses from 1841 to 1901 of more than 20 Sussex parishes and is constantly updated.