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West Sussex - wikipedia West Sussex Jump to : navigation , search For the former parliamentary constituency , see West Sussex ( UK Parliament constituency ) . For a full list of settlements , see List of places in West Sussex . <Th_colspan="2"> West Sussex <Td_colspan="2"> County <Td_colspan="2"> West Sussex in England Sovereign state United Kingdom Country England Region South East England Established ( Local Government Act 1972 ) Ceremonial county Area 1,991 km ( 769 sq mi ) Ranked 30th of 48 Population ( mid-2016 est . ) 843,800 Ranked 28th of 48 Density 423 / km ( 1,100 / sq mi ) Ethnicity 96.6 % White 1.7 % S. Asian <Td_colspan="2"> Non-metropolitan county County council West Sussex County Council http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/ Executive Conservative Admin HQ Chichester Area 1,991 km ( 769 sq mi ) Ranked 21st of 27 Population 843,800 Ranked 9th of 27 Density 423 / km ( 1,100 / sq mi ) ISO 3166 - 2 GB - WSX ONS code 45 NUTS UKJ24 <Td_colspan="2"> <Td_colspan="2"> <Td_colspan="2"> Unitary County council area Districts of West Sussex Districts Worthing Arun Chichester Horsham Crawley Mid Sussex Adur <Td_colspan="2"> Members of Parliament 8 members Time zone Greenwich Mean Time ( UTC ) Summer ( DST ) British Summer Time ( UTC + 1 ) West Sussex is a county in the south of England , bordering East Sussex ( with Brighton and Hove ) to the east , Hampshire to the west and Surrey to the north , and to the south the English Channel . Chichester in the southwest is the county town and only city in West Sussex , with the largest towns being Crawley , Worthing and Horsham . West Sussex has a range of scenery , including wealden , downland and coastal . The highest point of the county is Blackdown , at 280 metres ( 919 ft ) . It has a number of stately homes including Goodwood , Petworth House and Uppark and also castles such as Arundel Castle and Bramber Castle . Over half the county is protected countryside , offering walking , cycling and other recreational opportunities . Contents ( hide ) 1 History 1.1 Provision for paupers 2 Settlements 3 Geography 3.1 Physical geography 3.2 Climate 4 Land economy 5 Communications and transport 6 National politics 7 Local government 7.1 County Council 7.2 West Sussex Youth Cabinet 8 Places of interest 8.1 Nature and zoos 8.2 Castles , houses and other buildings 8.3 Religious buildings 8.4 Museums 8.5 The arts 9 Economy and demography 10 Education 11 Sport 12 See also 13 References 14 External links History ( edit ) Main article : History of Sussex Although the name Sussex , derived from the Old English ' Sūþsēaxe ' ( ' South Saxons ' ) , is from the Saxon period between AD 477 to 1066 , the history of human habitation in Sussex goes back to the Old Stone Age . The oldest hominin remains known in Britain were found at Eartham Pit , Boxgrove . Sussex has been occupied since those times and has succumbed to various invasions and migrations throughout its long history . Prehistoric monuments include the Devil 's Jumps , a group of Bronze Age burial mounds , and the Iron Age Cissbury Ring and Chanctonbury Ring hill forts on the South Downs . The Roman period saw the building of Fishbourne Roman Palace and rural villas such as Bignor Roman Villa together with a network of roads including Stane Street , the Chichester to Silchester Way and the Sussex Greensand Way . The Romans used the Weald for iron production on an industrial scale . The foundation of the Kingdom of Sussex is recorded by the Anglo - Saxon Chronicle for the year AD 477 ; it says that Ælle arrived at a place called Cymenshore in three ships with his three sons and killed or put to flight the local inhabitants . The foundation story is regarded as somewhat of a myth by most historians , although the archaeology suggests that Saxons did start to settle in the area in the late 5th century . The Kingdom of Sussex was absorbed into Wessex as an earldom and became the county of Sussex . With its origins in the kingdom of Sussex , the later county of Sussex was traditionally divided into six units known as rapes . By the 16th century , the three western rapes were grouped together informally , having their own separate Quarter Sessions . These were administered by a separate county council from 1888 , the county of Sussex being divided for administrative purposes into the administrative counties of East and West Sussex . In 1974 , West Sussex was made a single ceremonial county with the coming into force of the Local Government Act 1972 . At the same time a large part of the eastern rape of Lewes ( the Mid Sussex district which includes the towns of Haywards Heath , Burgess Hill and East Grinstead ) was transferred into West Sussex . Provision for paupers ( edit ) Until 1834 provision for the poor and destitute in West Sussex was made at parish level . From 1835 until 1948 eleven Poor Law Unions , each catering for several parishes , took on the job . Settlements ( edit ) See also : List of places in West Sussex and List of settlements in West Sussex by population Chichester Market Cross Most settlements in West Sussex are either along the south coast or in Mid Sussex , near the M23 / A23 corridor . The town of Crawley is the largest in the county with an estimated population of 106,600 . The coastal settlement of Worthing closely follows with a population of 104,600 . The seaside resort of Bognor Regis and market town Horsham are both large towns . Chichester , the county town , has a cathedral and city status , and is situated not far from the border with Hampshire . Other conurbations of a similar size are Burgess Hill , East Grinstead and Haywards Heath in the Mid Sussex district , Littlehampton in the Arun district , and Lancing , Southwick and Shoreham in the Adur district . Much of the coastal town population is part of the Brighton / Worthing / Littlehampton conurbation . Rustington and Southwater are the next largest settlements in the county . There are several more towns in West Sussex , although they are of similar size to other villages . The smaller towns of the county are Arundel , Midhurst , Petworth , Selsey and Steyning . The larger villages are Billingshurst , Copthorne , Crawley Down , Cuckfield , Henfield , Hassocks , Hurstpierpoint , Lindfield , Pulborough and Storrington . The current total population of the county makes up 1.53 % of England 's population . Geography ( edit ) 1813 / 54 one inch to the mile OS map Physical geography ( edit ) ( See also : Geology of West Sussex ) West Sussex is bordered by Hampshire to the west , Surrey to the north and East Sussex to the east . The English Channel lies to the south . The area has been formed from Upper Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous rock strata , part of the Weald -- Artois Anticline . The eastern part of this ridge , the Weald of Kent , Sussex and Surrey has been greatly eroded , with the chalk surface removed to expose older Lower Cretaceous rocks of the Wealden Group . In West Sussex the exposed rock becomes older towards the north of the county with Lower Greensand ridges along the border with Surrey including the highest point of the county at Blackdown . Erosion of softer sand and clay strata has hollowed out the basin of the Weald leaving a north facing scarp slope of the chalk which runs east and west across the whole county , broken only by the valleys of the River Arun and River Adur . In addition to these two rivers which drain most of the county a winterbourne , the River Lavant , flows intermittently from springs on the dip slope of the chalk downs north of Chichester . The county makes up 1.52 % of the total land of England , making it the 30th largest county in the country . See also : List of hills of West Sussex Bognor Regis Climate chart ( explanation ) J J J O 76 8 50 8 56 10 47 13 6 44 16 9 44 19 12 41 21 14 51 21 14 59 19 12 92 15 9 83 11 6 82 9 <Td_colspan="12"> Average max. and min . temperatures in ° C <Td_colspan="12"> Precipitation totals in mm <Td_colspan="12"> Source : Met Office <Th_colspan="12"> ( show ) Imperial conversion J J J O 46 38 46 37 50 40 1.8 55 42 1.7 61 48 1.7 65 53 1.6 70 57 70 57 2.3 66 53 3.6 60 49 3.3 52 42 3.2 47 38 <Td_colspan="12"> Average max. and min . temperatures in ° F <Td_colspan="12"> Precipitation totals in inches Climate ( edit ) West Sussex is officially the sunniest county in the United Kingdom according to Met Office records over 29 years with an average 1902 hours per year . Sunshine totals are highest near the coast with Bognor Regis often having the highest in mainland England , including a total of 2237 hours in 1990 . Mean annual temperature for southern coastal counties is around 11 ° C. The coldest month , January , has mean daily minimum temperatures of around 3 ° C near the coast and lower inland . July tends to be the warmest month when mean daily maxima tend to be around 20 ° C. A maximum temperature of 35.4 ° C occurred at North Heath , Pulborough on 26 June 1976 . Coastal high temperatures are often moderated by cooler sea breezes . Monthly rainfall tends to be highest in autumn and early winter and lowest in the summer months , with July often being the driest month . There is less rainfall from summer convective showers and thunderstorms than in inland areas . The county can suffer both from localised flooding caused by heavy rainfall and from water shortages caused by prolonged periods of below average rainfall . Winter rainfall is needed to recharge the chalk aquifers from which much of the water supply is drawn . Land economy ( edit ) West Sussex developed distinctive land uses along with its neighbours in the weald . The Landrace cattle transformed into Sussex cattle and Sussex chickens emerged about the time of the Roman conquest . Some of the earliest evidence of horses in Britain has been found at Boxgrove , dated to 500,000 BC . Viticulture is a part of the economy , with wineries producing mainly sparkling wine of varied quality . Communications and transport ( edit ) The M23 Motorway runs from London to the south of Crawley . The A23 and A24 roads run from London to Brighton and Worthing respectively with the A29 a little further west ending in Bognor Regis . Other major roads are the A272 which runs east to west through the middle of the county and the A27 which does the same but closer to the coast . The A259 is a local alternate route to the A27 in the eastern coastal strip . Gatwick Airport , which handled over 33 million passengers and had over 250,000 aircraft movements in 2011 , is located within the borders of Crawley , and is the second largest airport in the United Kingdom . There is also a considerably smaller local airport at Shoreham and a grass airfield handling light aircraft and helicopters at Goodwood . There are three main railway routes : the Brighton Main Line , the Arun Valley Line and the West Coastway Line . The Portsmouth Direct Line serves and occasionally enters the westernmost part of West Sussex , although it has no railway stations in the county . National politics ( edit ) See also : List of Parliamentary constituencies in West Sussex Since the 2015 general election , West Sussex has been represented entirely by Conservative MPs . Arundel & South Downs - Nick Herbert , Conservative Bognor Regis & Littlehampton - Nick Gibb , Conservative Chichester - Andrew Tyrie , Conservative Crawley - Henry Smith , Conservative Horsham - Jeremy Quin , Conservative Mid Sussex - Nicholas Soames , Conservative Worthing East & Shoreham - Tim Loughton , Conservative Worthing West - Peter Bottomley , Conservative Local Government ( edit ) The Coat of Arms of West Sussex County Council , used 1889 to 1975 , is based on the heraldic shield of Sussex Further information : History of local government in Sussex County Council ( edit ) Main article : West Sussex County Council West Sussex County Council ( WSCC ) is the authority that governs the non-metropolitan county of West Sussex . The county contains 7 district and borough councils ( Adur , Arun , Chichester , Crawley , Horsham , Mid Sussex and Worthing ) , and 159 town , parish and neighbourhood councils . West Sussex County Council has 71 councillors ; the majority of them being Conservative . There are 46 Conservative councillors , 10 UK Independence Party , 8 Liberal Democrats , 6 Labour Party councillors and 1 Independent councillor . The Chief Executive and his team of Executive Directors are responsible for the day - to - day running of the council . West Sussex County Council is based at County Hall , Chichester and provides a large range of services including education , social services , fire and rescue , libraries , trading standards , town and country planning , refuse disposal and consumer services . West Sussex Youth Cabinet ( edit ) The West Sussex Youth Cabinet is a group of local representatives and four UK Youth Parliament ( UKYP ) representatives , who are elected by young people in West Sussex . The Youth Cabinet represents the views of the young people West Sussex at county level . Elections for the Youth Cabinet and UKYP in West Sussex run every year in March . Places of interest ( edit ) Nature and zoos ( edit ) Wakehurst Place Gardens , Ardingly Chichester Harbour Pagham Harbour - A protected area of wetland that is an important feeding ground for birds . RSPB Pulborough Brooks Selsey Bill South Downs Way - a long distance footpath Stansted Park St Leonard 's Forest Tilgate Park Wakehurst Place Warnham Local Nature Reserve , a 92 - acre site with visitor centre WWT Arundel ( a nature reserve of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust ) Castles , houses and other buildings ( edit ) Arundel Castle Barnham Windmill Bramber Castle Christ 's Hospital , an old charitable school notable for its archaic uniforms and picturesque campus . Goodwood House and Goodwood Motor Circuit High Salvington windmill Hurstpierpoint College , a public school , notable for its substantial Sussex flint buildings and large campus . Lancing College , a public school , notable for its substantial Sussex sandstone chapel and large campus . Seaford College , a public school known for its large campus Nymans house and gardens , a National Trust property near Handcross , Haywards Heath Petworth House and deer park . Queen Victoria Hospital , East Grinstead , where Sir Archibald McIndoe carried out reconstructive surgery for burns patients during the Second World War . Sackville College , a Jacobean almshouse in East Grinstead Shipley Windmill , ( no longer open to the public ) . Standen , East Grinstead Uppark , a 17th - century mansion high on the South Downs . Religious buildings ( edit ) See also : Category : Churches in West Sussex The Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity , otherwise called Chichester Cathedral , is the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Chichester . It was founded as a cathedral in 1075 , when the seat of the bishop was moved from Selsey Abbey . The cathedral has architecture in both the Norman and the Gothic styles , and has been called by the architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner `` the most typical English Cathedral '' . The Cathedral Church of Our Lady and St Philip Howard in Arundel is the Roman Catholic cathedral of the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton . Built in French Gothic style and dedicated in 1873 as the Catholic parish church of Arundel , it was not designated a cathedral until the foundation of the diocese in 1965 . Bosham Church is partly of Saxon construction and is shown on the Bayeaux Tapestry as the local church of late Saxon and Danish kings of England . Many other Saxon and early Norman have survived in the county with little alteration including the Church of St Mary the Blessed Virgin , Sompting , an 11th - century Anglo - Saxon church with a Rhenish helm unique in England and St. Nicholas ' Church , Worth , a 10th - century church in Worth , Crawley . Some Anglican churches and many of the numerous nonconformist chapels in the county have been converted to residential use . Cittaviveka is a Buddhist monastery in Chithurst . Museums ( edit ) Amberley Museum & Heritage Centre Manor Cottage Steyning Museum Tangmere Military Aviation Museum Horsham Museum Weald and Downland Open Air Museum of historic buildings at Singleton The arts ( edit ) Pallant House Gallery 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 and many later works donated by Sir Colin St John ' Sandy ' Wilson . Worthing Museum and Art Gallery houses the biggest collection of Georgian and Victorian costume in south east England . The Cass Sculpture Foundation has an outdoor sculpture park at Goodwood . Economy and demography ( edit ) This is a table of trend of regional gross value added of West Sussex at current basic prices published 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 Significant companies in the county include Rolls - Royce Motor Cars , a substantial employer near Chichester . Gatwick Airport , with associated airlines including British Airways and Virgin Atlantic , is a major source of direct and indirect employment . Thales Group also has a presence in the county . The table below shows the population change up to the 2011 census , contrasting the previous census . It also shows the proportion of residents in each district reliant upon lowest income and / or joblessness benefits , the national average proportion of which was 4.5 % as at August 2012 , the year for which latest datasets have been published . It can be seen that the most populous district of West Sussex is Arun containing the towns of Arundel , Bognor Regis and Littlehampton : See also : List of settlements in West Sussex by population Population from census to census . Claimants of JSA or Income Support ( DWP ) Unit JSA or Inc . Supp . claimants ( August 2012 ) % of 2011 population JSA and Income Support claimants ( August 2001 ) % of 2001 population Population ( April 2011 ) Population ( April 2001 ) West Sussex 2.7 % 5.1 % 806,892 753,614 <Td_colspan="4"> Ranked by district Crawley 3.8 % 5.3 % 106,597 99,744 Worthing 3.6 % 6.7 % 104,640 97,568 Adur 3.2 % 6.3 % 61,182 59,627 Arun 3.0 % 6.4 % 149,518 140,759 Chichester 2.3 % 4.8 % 113,794 106,450 Horsham 1.9 % 3.3 % 131,301 122,088 Mid Sussex 1.6 % 3.6 % 139,860 127,378 Education ( edit ) See also : List of schools in West Sussex West Sussex has a comprehensive education system , with a mix of county - maintained secondary schools and academies and over twenty independent senior schools . In addition primary education is provided through a mix of around 240 infant , junior , primary , first and middle schools . Colleges include The College of Richard Collyer , Central Sussex College , Northbrook College and The Weald School . Independent schools in the county include Christ 's Hospital , whose students wear Tudor style uniform , Seaford College , Lancing College and Hurstpierpoint College . Tertiary education is provided by the University of Chichester and Chichester College . Sport ( edit ) At least 40 sports are active in West Sussex . Sussex was the first First - Class cricket county formed in 1839 and was a cradle for club cricket . Sussex is home to Fontwell Park Racecourse . The county has one Football League club located in Crawley , that is Crawley Town F.C. . See also ( edit ) West Sussex portal List of Lord Lieutenants of West Sussex List of High Sheriffs of West Sussex List of hills of West Sussex The Royal Sussex Regiment Healthcare in Sussex References ( edit ) Jump up ^ West Sussex County Council : Leisure & Tourism ^ Jump up to : Armstrong . History of Sussex . Chapter 2 . The first Inhabitants Jump up ^ `` SSSI Citation -- Eartham Pit '' ( PDF ) . Natural England . 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( ed ) ( 1953 ) . `` A History of the County of Sussex : Volume 4 -- The Rape of Chichester . Bosham '' . Victoria County History of Sussex . British History Online . pp. 182 -- 188 . Retrieved 30 August 2012 . CS1 maint : Extra text : authors list ( link ) Jump up ^ `` Southwick ( Sussex ) Society - The Manor Cottage '' . Jump up ^ `` Steyning Museum Home Page '' . Jump up ^ `` Welcome to Tangmere '' . Jump up ^ ( 1 ) Archived 28 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine . Jump up ^ Components may not sum to totals due to rounding Jump up ^ includes hunting and forestry Jump up ^ includes energy and construction Jump up ^ includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured Jump up ^ Key Statistics : Population ; Quick Statistics : Economic indicators . ( 2011 census and 2001 census ) Retrieved 27 February 2015 . Jump up ^ `` West Sussex Info : Cricket clubs , cricket leagues and village cricket in West Sussex '' . Retrieved 22 February 2015 . 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