Horsham District

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Horsham District
Non-metropolitan district
Horsham shown within West Sussex
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	Nick Herbert Francis Maude
Area
• Total	204.73 sq mi (530.26 km²)
Area rank	87th (of 326)
Population (2011 est.)
• Total	131,500
• Rank	157th (of 326)
• Density	640/sq mi (250/km²)
• Ethnicity	97.8% White
Time zone	GMT (UTC0)
• Summer (DST)	BST (UTC+1)
Website	www.horsham.gov.uk

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.

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.

On a recent Channel 4 television programme, the Horsham district was classed as the ninth best district to live in the United Kingdom.^[1]

Between the 2001 UK Census and the 2011 UK Census, the district's population grew by 7.4% from 122,300 to 131,300.^[2]

Civil parishes

Within the Horsham District are the following civil parishes:

Parish	Type	Area (Hectare)	Population (2001)	Pop Density /Hectare
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

Education

The Rikkyo School in England, a Japanese boarding school, is located in the Rudgwick community in Horsham District.^[3]

References

↑ "Horsham: 9th Best Place To Live 2007".
↑ http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/mro/news-release/census-2011-result-shows-increase-in-population-of-the-south-east/censussoutheastnr0712.html|Office for National Statistics District Population changes in South East England
↑ "INFORMATION IN ENGLISH." (Archive) Rikkyo School in England. Retrieved on 8 January 2014. "Guildford Road,Rudgwick,W-Sussex RH12 3BE ENGLAND"

External links

v t e Settlements in Horsham District

Towns	Horsham Steyning

Villages and hamlets	Adversane Amberley Annington Ashington Ashurst Barns Green Billingshurst Bines Green Blackstone Botolphs Bramber Broadbridge Heath Broadford Bridge Brooks Green Buncton Codmore Hill Coldwaltham Colgate Coneyhurst Coolham Cootham Copsale Cowfold Crabtree Dial Post Dragon's Green Edburton Faygate Five Oaks Gay Street Greatham Hardham Heath Common Henfield Itchingfield Kingsfold Lambs Green Littlehaven Littleworth Lower Beeding Mannings Heath Maplehurst Marehill Monk's Gate North Heath North Stoke Nutbourne Nuthurst Parham Partridge Green Pulborough Rackham Rock Roffey Rowhook Rudgwick Rusper Shermanbury Shipley Slinfold Small Dole Southwater Storrington Sullington Thakeham The Haven Tisman's Common Upper Beeding Warminghurst Warnham Washington Watersfield West Chiltington West Chiltington Common West Grinstead Wiggonholt Wineham Wiston Woodmancote

Civil parishes	List of civil parishes in Horsham district

v t e Ceremonial county of West Sussex

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Boroughs or districts	Adur District Arun District Chichester District Crawley Borough Horsham District Mid Sussex District Worthing Borough

Major settlements	Arundel Bognor Regis Burgess Hill Chichester Crawley East Grinstead Haywards Heath Horsham Littlehampton Midhurst Petworth Selsey Shoreham-by-Sea Southwick Steyning Worthing See also: List of civil parishes in West Sussex

Rivers	Adur Arun Lavant Mole Ouse Rother

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