Sompting | |
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Tower of St Mary's Church, 2004 | |
Location within West Sussex | |
Area | 4.00 sq mi (10.4 km2) [1] |
Population | 8,561 (Civil Parish 2011)[2] |
• Density | 2,140/sq mi (830/km2) |
OS grid reference | TQ170047 |
• London | 47 miles (76 km) N |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | LANCING |
Postcode district | BN15 |
Dialling code | 01903 |
Police | Sussex |
Fire | West Sussex |
Ambulance | South East Coast |
UK Parliament | |
Website | http://www.sompting.org.uk/ |
Sompting is a village and civil parish in the coastal Adur District of West Sussex, England between Lancing and Worthing. It is half grassland slopes and half developed plain at the foot of the South Downs National Park. Twentieth-century estates dovetail into those of slightly larger Lancing.