Adur (district)

Adur District
—  Non-metropolitan district  —
Adur 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	Shoreham-by-Sea
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Government
– Type	Non-metropolitan district council
– Body	Adur District Council
– Leadership	Alternative - Sec. 31 (Conservative)
– MPs	Tim Loughton
Area
– Total	16.1 sq mi (41.80 km2)
Area rank	285th (of 326)
Population (2010 est.)
– Total	61,600
– Rank	310th (of 326)
– Density	3,816.8/sq mi (1,473.7/km2)
– Ethnicity	95.9% White 1.3% S.Asian 1.2% Mixed
Time zone	GMT (UTC0)
– Summer (DST)	BST (UTC+1)
ONS code	45UB
OS grid reference	TQ220051
Website	www.adur.gov.uk

Adur is a local government district of West Sussex, England. It is named after the River Adur and is historically part of the English county of Sussex. The council is based in Shoreham-by-Sea and the district has a population of 59,627 according to the 2001 census.

It was created on 1 April 1974 by the merger of Southwick and Shoreham urban districts and the civil parishes of Coombes, Lancing and Sompting from Worthing Rural District.

Sompting, Lancing, Shoreham-by-Sea (or Shoreham) and Southwick form a strip of settlements on the south coast, between Worthing and Brighton and Hove collectively known as the Brighton/Worthing/Littlehampton conurbation. Coombes is inland. Fishersgate and Kingston by Sea (also known as Kingston Buci) are also small areas in the south east of the district.

Shoreham Airport is located in the Adur district, west of Shoreham-by-Sea and just east of Lancing.

The Adur festival happens in the first two weeks of June every year.

Politics

See also: Adur local elections

Elections to the district council are held every 2 years since the 2004 election, when the council changed to being elected by halves instead of by thirds. The Conservative party has had a majority on the council since the 2002 election. As of the 2010 election the council is composed of the following councillors:-^[1]

Year	Conservatives	Liberal Democrat	Shoreham Beach Residents Association
2010	25	2	2

Football clubs

• Lancing F.C.
• Shoreham F.C.
• Southwick F.C.

Twin towns

Adur is twinned with

• Żywiec, Poland
• Riom, France

See also

• Listed buildings in Adur
• List of places of worship in Adur
• Lancing
• Shoreham-by-Sea
• Southwick
• Sompting

References

1. ^ "Adur". BBC News Online. 19 April 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/council/html/3649.stm. Retrieved 2011-05-14. 

External links

• Adur District Council
• Adur District Council - Leisure and tourism in Adur
• Adur District Council - Events in Adur
• Adur District Council - News releases
• Adur District Council - Job vacancies
• Adur District Council - The River Adur
• Adur District Council - Where is the Adur District and how do I get there?
• Adur District Council - Weather and tide links for Shoreham-by-Sea, Adur
• BBC website - Today's weather in Shoreham-by-Sea, Adur
• Adur Festival - The first two weeks of June every year