Horsham District | |
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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 | |
• Body | Horsham District Council |
• MPs | Andrew Griffith John Milne |
Area | |
• Total | 204.73 sq mi (530.26 km2) |
• Rank | 74th (of 296) |
Population (2022) | |
• Total | 148,696 |
• Rank | 147th (of 296) |
• Density | 730/sq mi (280/km2) |
Ethnicity (2021) | |
• Ethnic groups | |
Religion (2021) | |
• Religion | List
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Time zone | UTC0 (GMT) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (BST) |
Horsham is a local government district in West Sussex, England. It is named after the town of Horsham, which is its largest settlement and where the council is based. The district also includes the surrounding rural area and contains many villages, the largest of which are Southwater and Billingshurst. The district includes part of the South Downs National Park and part of the designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty of High Weald. At the 2021 census the district had a population of 147,487.
The neighbouring districts are Crawley, Mid Sussex, Brighton and Hove, Adur, Arun, Chichester, Waverley and Mole Valley.