Horsham is a local government district in West Sussex

West Sussex

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, England

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. Its council is based in Horsham

Horsham

Horsham is a market town with a population of 55,657 on the upper reaches of the River Arun in the centre of the Weald, West Sussex, in the historic County of Sussex, England. The town is south south-west of London, north-west of Brighton and north-east of the county town of Chichester...

. The district borders those of Crawley

Crawley

Crawley is a town and local government district with Borough status in West Sussex, England. It is south of Charing Cross, 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 2001 Census.The area has...

, Mid Sussex

Mid Sussex

Mid Sussex is a local government district in the English county of West Sussex. It contains the towns of East Grinstead, Haywards Heath and Burgess Hill....

, Mole Valley

Mole Valley

Mole Valley is a local government district in Surrey, England. Its council is based in Dorking.The district, named after the River Mole, was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by a merger of the urban districts of Dorking and Leatherhead and most of the Dorking and Horley...

, Chichester

Chichester (district)

Chichester is a largely rural local government district in West Sussex, England. Its council is based in the city of Chichester.-History:The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the municipal borough of Chichester and the Rural Districts of...

, Arun

Arun

Arun is a local government district in West Sussex, England. It contains the towns of Arundel, Bognor Regis and Littlehampton, and takes its name from the River Arun, which runs through the centre of the district.-History:...

 and Adur.

The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under 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 England and Wales on 1 April 1974....

, by the merger of Horsham urban district

Urban district

In the England, Wales and Ireland, an urban district was a type of local government district that covered an urbanised area. Urban districts had an elected Urban District Council , which shared local government responsibilities with a county council....

 along with Chanctonbury Rural District and Horsham Rural District.

On a recent Channel 4

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 television

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 programme, the Horsham district was classed as the ninth best district to live in the United Kingdom.

Civil parishes

Within the Horsham District are the following civil parishes:

Parish	Type	Area (Hectare)	Population (2001)	Pop Density /Hectare
Amberley Amberley, West Sussex Amberley is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England.Amberley is situated at the foot of the South Downs. Its neighbours are Storrington, West Chiltington and Arundel. The village is noted for its many thatched cottages...	Parish Council	1179.37	533	0.45
Ashington Ashington, West Sussex Ashington is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the A24 road 3 miles northeast of Storrington.The parish has a land area of 805 hectares...	Parish Council	805.15	2351	2.91
Ashurst Ashurst, West Sussex Ashurst is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England, about west of Henfield, and south of Horsham on the B2135 road. The village is about west of the River Adur. There is a 12-century parish church dedicated to St James, a C of E primary school and a pub, the...	Parish Council	1009.41	226	0.22
Billingshurst Billingshurst Billingshurst is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies thirteen kilometres south-west of Horsham, and nine kilometres north-east of Pulborough....	Parish Council	3219.31	6531	2.03
Bramber Bramber Bramber is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It is located on the northern edge of the South Downs and on the west side of the River Adur. Nearby are the communities of Steyning to the west and Upper Beeding to the east, and the other side of the river....	Parish Council	719.06	757	1.05
Broadbridge Heath Broadbridge Heath -Notable residents:The poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, was born at Field Place, which stands about a mile to the north of the village.The bestselling novelist Georgette Heyer lived at the Swan Ken, Broadbridge Heath, for several months in 1931....	Parish Council	215.64	3021	14.01
Coldwaltham Coldwaltham Coldwaltham is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It is divided in two by the A29 road and lies 2.4 miles southwest of Pulborough which has both a railway station on the Arun Valley Line and a bus connection to Worthing...	Parish Council	893.13	845	0.95
Colgate Colgate, West Sussex Colgate is a small village and civil parish in the Horsham district of West Sussex, England, about four miles north east of Horsham.A small village, with it's origins at the northern edge of St. Leonards Forest, it has no shops or retail facilities. There is a pub "The Dragon", and a church and a...	Parish Council	2243.67	1119	0.50
Cowfold Cowfold Cowfold is a village and civil parish between Billingshurst and Haywards Heath in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England, located at the intersection of the A272 and A281 roads. The parish has a land area of 1926 hectares . In the 2001 census 1,864 people lived in 729 households, of...	Parish Council	1925.57	1864	0.97
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. The parish has a land area of . In the 2001 census 5,012...	Parish Council	1734.75	5012	2.89
Horsham Horsham Horsham is a market town with a population of 55,657 on the upper reaches of the River Arun in the centre of the Weald, West Sussex, in the historic County of Sussex, England. The town is south south-west of London, north-west of Brighton and north-east of the county town of Chichester...	Unparished	1170.63	23698	20.24
Itchingfield Itchingfield Itchingfield is a small village and civil parish in the Horsham district of West Sussex, England. It lies on the Barns Green to Broadbridge Heath road southwest of Horsham.The main settlement in the parish is Barns Green.-References:...	Parish Council	1091.06	1477	1.35
Lower Beeding Lower Beeding Lower Beeding is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the B2110, B2115 and A281 roads 3.5 miles southeast from Horsham...	Parish Council	1845.06	1001	0.54
North Horsham North Horsham North Horsham is a civil parish in the district of Horsham in West Sussex, England, covering the northern part of the Horsham town area. According to the 2001 census the district had a population of 21,348....	Parish Council	1094.77	21348	19.50
Nuthurst Nuthurst Nuthurst is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England, 2.5 miles south Horsham.The parish has a land area of 1697 hectares . In the 2001 census 1711 people lived in 702 households, of whom 875 were economically active.Its Church of England parish church...	Parish Council	1696.76	1711	1.00
Parham Parham, West Sussex Parham is a civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. There was a village of Parham, around the parish church but its few houses having been destroyed in the early 19th century to create the modern landscaped park and gardens. The parish now consists of Parham Park and the farms...	Parish Council	1586.23	214	0.13
Pulborough Pulborough Pulborough is a large village and civil parish in the Horsham district of West Sussex, England, with some 5,000 inhabitants. It is located almost centrally within West Sussex and is south west of London. It is at the junction of the north-south A29 and the east-west roads.The village is near the...	Parish Council	2098.31	4685	2.23
Rudgwick Rudgwick Rudgwick is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England located six miles west of Horsham on the north side of the A281 road. The border between Surrey and Sussex runs through the northern part of the village....	Parish Council	2468.98	2791	1.13
Rusper Rusper Rusper is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies north of the town of Horsham and west of Crawley. Rusper is the centre of Rusper Parish which covers most of the northern area between Horsham and Crawley. Rusper is governed by the Horsham District...	Parish Council	2588.56	1389	0.54
Shermanbury Shermanbury Shermanbury is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the A281 road north of Henfield. The present day village consists mainly of a ribbon development of bungalows on the east side of the A281, while the ancient parish church is some distance to the...	Parish Council	775.15	454	0.59
Shipley Shipley, West Sussex Shipley is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies just off the A272 road six miles north east of Storrington....	Parish Council	3125.60	1075	0.34
Slinfold Slinfold Slinfold is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies just off the A29 road 3.4 miles west of Horsham.The parish has a land area of 1695 hectares...	Parish Council	1694.81	1647	0.97
Southwater Southwater Southwater is a large village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England with a population of roughly 10,000. The village is administered from the Horsham District Council Offices. Much of the population of Southwater originated from the brick industry which thrived in the...	Parish Council	1400.20	10025	7.16
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...	Parish Council	1574.09	5812	3.69
Storrington and Sullington Storrington and Sullington Storrington and Sullington is the name of a civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. The two villages are near the A24 road sixteen miles south of Horsham....	Parish Council	1199.69	6074	5.06
Thakeham Thakeham Thakeham is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England located to the north east of Storrington.The name Thakeham means "thatched homestead" and the original village had just one main street which is home to the village's only pub, The White Lion, and church. The...	Parish Council	1170.63	1794	1.53
Upper Beeding Upper Beeding Upper Beeding is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It is located at the northern end of the River Adur gap in the South Downs four miles north of Shoreham-by-Sea and has a land area of 1877 hectares...	Parish Council	1877.48	3798	2.02
Warnham Warnham Warnham is a village and civil parish in the Horsham district of West Sussex, England. The village is some three kilometres north west of central Horsham to the west of the A24 road...	Parish Council	1980.21	1958	0.99
Washington Washington, West Sussex Washington is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It is located five miles west of Steyning and three miles east of Storrington on the A24 between Horsham and Worthing. The parish covers an area of 1,276 hectares...	Parish Council	1275.90	1930	1.51
West Chiltington West Chiltington West Chiltington is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the Storrington to Broadford Bridge road, 2.6 miles north of Storrington.The parish covers an area of 1733 hectares...	Parish Council	1732.54	3315	1.91
West Grinstead West Grinstead West Grinstead is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies just off the B2135 road four miles northwest from Henfield.It is within the ancient division of the Rape of Bramber...	Parish Council	2583.65	2934	1.14
Wiston Wiston, West Sussex Wiston is a scattered village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the A283 road northwest of Steyning.The parish covers an area of...	Parish Council	1359.67	221	0.16
Woodmancote Woodmancote, West Sussex Woodmancote is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England, located 1 mile southeast of Henfield on the A281 road. It should not be confused with the other West Sussex village of Woodmancote near Chichester....	Parish Council	848.72	478	0.56
Horsham	Total	53096.21	122088	2.30