West Sussex

West Sussex County Council
http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/

West Sussex
Geography
Status:	Ceremonial & Non-metropolitan county
Region:	South East England
Area: - Total - Admin. council	Ranked 30th 1,991 km² Ranked 27th
Admin HQ:	Chichester
GB:	GB-WSX
ONS code:	45
NUTS 3:	UKJ24
Demographics
Population: - Total () - Density - Admin. Council	Ranked / km² Ranked
Ethnicity:	96.6% White 1.7% S.Asian
Politics
Executive:
Members of Parliament
Peter Bottomley, Nick Gibb, Nick Herbert, Tim Loughton, Francis Maude, Laura Moffatt, Nicholas Soames, Andrew Tyrie
Districts

West Sussex is a county in the south of England, bordering onto East Sussex (with Brighton and Hove), Hampshire and Surrey. The county of Sussex has been divided into East and West since the 12th century, and obtained separate county councils in 1888, but it remained a single ceremonial county until 1974 and the coming into force of the Local Government Act 1972. Also at this time the Mid Sussex region (including Haywards Heath and East Grinstead) was transferred from East Sussex.

The highest point of the county is Black Down, at 280m/919ft. (GR SU919296)

Local government districts

There are seven local government districts within the county of West Sussex:

Towns and villages

See:

Places of interest

Amberley Museum, Arundel Castle, WWT Arundel (a nature reserve of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust)
Barnham Windmill, Bignor Roman Villa, Bluebell Railway
Bosham Church
Christ's Hospital, an old public school notable for its archaic uniforms and picturesque campus.
Cissbury Ring & Chanctonbury Ring, ancient hill forts located on the South Downs
Fishbourne Roman villa
Gatwick Airport
Goodwood House
High Salvington windmill
Lancing College - a Public School, notable for its substantial Sussex sandstone chapel, large campus and high academic standards
Pallant House gallery
Selsey Bill, Shoreham Airport - the world's oldest continually-operational airport,
South Downs Way - a long distance footpath
Stansted Park
St Margaret's Church, West Hoathly - an 11th Century Anglo-Saxon church
St Mary's Church, Sompting - an 11th Century Anglo-Saxon church.
Wakehurst Place

History

Main article: History of Sussex.

Economy

This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of West Sussex at current basic prices published (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

includes hunting and forestry

includes energy and construction

includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured

Components may not sum to totals due to rounding

External links

Gravelroots - an alternative guide to Midhurst and surrounding areas- Includes many photos and local information on the area
Information on Sussex, history, maps
Photos of Singleton Wealdland and Downland Museum, Nr Chichester
Restaurants and takeaways in West Sussex
The River Wey and Wey Navigations Community Site — a non-commercial site of over 120,000 words all about the River Wey including information and images about the source of the Wey in West Sussex
Midhurst Pages - Midhurst Town & Community