Horsham is a local government district in West Sussex, England. Its council is based in Horsham. The district borders those of Crawley, Mid Sussex, Mole Valley, Chichester, Arun and Adur, and the unitary authority of Brighton & Hove.
Horsham District | |
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Non-metropolitan district | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Constituent country | England |
Region | South East England |
Non-metropolitan county | West Sussex |
Status | Non-metropolitan district |
Admin HQ | Horsham |
Incorporated | 1 April 1974 |
Government | |
• Type | Non-metropolitan district council |
• Body | Horsham District Council |
• Leadership | Leader & Cabinet (Conservative) |
• MPs | Andrew Griffith Jeremy Quin |
Area | |
• Total | 204.73 sq mi (530.26 km2) |
• Rank | 86th (of 309) |
Population (mid-2019 est.) | |
• Total | 143,791 |
• Rank | 147th (of 309) |
• Density | 700/sq mi (270/km2) |
Time zone | UTC0 (GMT) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (BST) |
Website | www |
The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by the merger of Horsham urban district along with Chanctonbury Rural District and Horsham Rural District.[1]
On a Channel 4 television programme in 2007, the Horsham district was classed as the ninth best district to live in the United Kingdom.[2]
Between the 2001 UK Census and the 2011 UK Census, the district's population grew by 7.4% from 122,300 to 131,300.[3]
Within the Horsham District are the following civil parishes:
Parish | Type | Area (Hectare) | Population (2001) | Pop Density /Hectare |
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Amberley | Parish Council | 1179.37 | 533 | 0.45 |
Ashington | Parish Council | 805.15 | 2351 | 2.91 |
Ashurst | Parish Council | 1009.41 | 226 | 0.22 |
Billingshurst | Parish Council | 3219.31 | 6531 | 2.03 |
Bramber | Parish Council | 719.06 | 757 | 1.05 |
Broadbridge Heath | Parish Council | 215.64 | 3021 | 14.01 |
Coldwaltham | Parish Council | 893.13 | 845 | 0.95 |
Colgate | Parish Council | 2243.67 | 1119 | 0.50 |
Cowfold | Parish Council | 1925.57 | 1864 | 0.97 |
Henfield | Parish Council | 1734.75 | 5012 | 2.89 |
Horsham | Unparished | 1170.63 | 23698 | 20.24 |
Itchingfield | Parish Council | 1091.06 | 1477 | 1.35 |
Lower Beeding | Parish Council | 1845.06 | 1001 | 0.54 |
North Horsham | Parish Council | 1094.77 | 21348 | 19.50 |
Nuthurst | Parish Council | 1696.76 | 1711 | 1.00 |
Parham | Parish Council | 1586.23 | 214 | 0.13 |
Pulborough | Parish Council | 2098.31 | 4685 | 2.23 |
Rudgwick | Parish Council | 2468.98 | 2791 | 1.13 |
Rusper | Parish Council | 2588.56 | 1389 | 0.54 |
Shermanbury | Parish Council | 775.15 | 454 | 0.59 |
Shipley | Parish Council | 3125.60 | 1075 | 0.34 |
Slinfold | Parish Council | 1694.81 | 1647 | 0.97 |
Southwater | Parish Council | 1400.20 | 10025 | 7.16 |
Steyning | Parish Council | 1574.09 | 5812 | 3.69 |
Storrington and Sullington | Parish Council | 1199.69 | 6074 | 5.06 |
Thakeham | Parish Council | 1170.63 | 1794 | 1.53 |
Upper Beeding | Parish Council | 1877.48 | 3798 | 2.02 |
Warnham | Parish Council | 1980.21 | 1958 | 0.99 |
Washington | Parish Council | 1275.90 | 1930 | 1.51 |
West Chiltington | Parish Council | 1732.54 | 3315 | 1.91 |
West Grinstead | Parish Council | 2583.65 | 2934 | 1.14 |
Wiston | Parish Council | 1359.67 | 221 | 0.16 |
Woodmancote | Parish Council | 848.72 | 478 | 0.56 |
Horsham | Total | 53096.21 | 122088 | 2.30 |
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The Rikkyo School in England, a Japanese boarding school, is located in the Rudgwick community in Horsham District.[4]
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