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.infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Adur District</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/Non-metropolitan_district" title="Non-metropolitan district">Non-metropolitan district</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shoreham-by-Sea_harbour_and_St_Mary_de_Haura_Church,_West_Sussex,_England.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="River Adur at Shoreham-by-Sea"><img alt="River Adur at Shoreham-by-Sea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Shoreham-by-Sea_harbour_and_St_Mary_de_Haura_Church%2C_West_Sussex%2C_England.jpg/250px-Shoreham-by-Sea_harbour_and_St_Mary_de_Haura_Church%2C_West_Sussex%2C_England.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="250" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Shoreham-by-Sea_harbour_and_St_Mary_de_Haura_Church%2C_West_Sussex%2C_England.jpg/375px-Shoreham-by-Sea_harbour_and_St_Mary_de_Haura_Church%2C_West_Sussex%2C_England.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Shoreham-by-Sea_harbour_and_St_Mary_de_Haura_Church%2C_West_Sussex%2C_England.jpg/500px-Shoreham-by-Sea_harbour_and_St_Mary_de_Haura_Church%2C_West_Sussex%2C_England.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption"><a href="/wiki/River_Adur" title="River Adur">River Adur</a> at <a href="/wiki/Shoreham-by-Sea" title="Shoreham-by-Sea">Shoreham-by-Sea</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Adur_UK_locator_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Adur shown within West Sussex"><img alt="Adur shown within West Sussex" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Adur_UK_locator_map.svg/150px-Adur_UK_locator_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Adur_UK_locator_map.svg/225px-Adur_UK_locator_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Adur_UK_locator_map.svg/300px-Adur_UK_locator_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1425" data-file-height="995" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Adur shown within West Sussex</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Sovereign state</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Countries_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Countries of the United Kingdom">Constituent country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_England" title="Regions of England">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/South_East_England" title="South East England">South East England</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Non-metropolitan_county" title="Non-metropolitan county">Non-metropolitan county</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/West_Sussex" title="West Sussex">West Sussex</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Status</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Non-metropolitan_district" title="Non-metropolitan district">Non-metropolitan district</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Admin HQ</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Shoreham-by-Sea" title="Shoreham-by-Sea">Shoreham-by-Sea</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Incorporated</th><td class="infobox-data">1 April 1974</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Type</th><td class="infobox-data">Non-metropolitan district council</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Body</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Adur District Council</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">MPs</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Rutland" title="Tom Rutland">Tom Rutland</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">16.14 sq mi (41.80 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data">256th <a href="/wiki/List_of_English_districts_by_area" title="List of English districts by area">(of 296)</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2022)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">64,688</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data">289th <a href="/wiki/List_of_English_districts_by_population" title="List of English districts by population">(of 296)</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">4,000/sq mi (1,500/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Ethnicity <span style="font-weight:normal;">(<a href="/wiki/2021_United_Kingdom_census" title="2021 United Kingdom census">2021</a>)</span><div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-2021_Nomis_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2021_Nomis-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Ethnic groups in the United Kingdom">Ethnic groups</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>List</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 93.4% <a href="/wiki/White_people_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="White people in the United Kingdom">White</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 2.5% <a href="/wiki/Mixed_(United_Kingdom_ethnicity_category)" title="Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category)">Mixed</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 2.2% <a href="/wiki/British_Asians" title="British Asians">Asian</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 1.1% <a href="/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Ethnic groups in the United Kingdom">other</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 0.8% <a href="/wiki/Black_British_people" title="Black British people">Black</a> </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Religion <span style="font-weight:normal;">(2021)</span><div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-2021_Nomis_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2021_Nomis-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Religion_in_England" title="Religion in England">Religion</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>List</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 47.9% <a href="/wiki/Irreligion_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Irreligion in the United Kingdom">no religion</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 43.1% <a href="/wiki/Religion_in_England#Christianity" title="Religion in England">Christianity</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 5.9% not stated </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 1.3% <a href="/wiki/Islam_in_England" title="Islam in England">Islam</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 0.6% <a href="/wiki/Religion_in_England" title="Religion in England">other</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 0.4% <a href="/wiki/Buddhism_in_England" title="Buddhism in England">Buddhism</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 0.4% <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_England" title="History of the Jews in England">Judaism</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 0.3% <a href="/wiki/Hinduism_in_England" title="Hinduism in England">Hinduism</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 0.1% <a href="/wiki/Sikhism_in_England" title="Sikhism in England">Sikhism</a> </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC0" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC0">UTC0</a> (<a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Mean_Time" title="Greenwich Mean Time">GMT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B1" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+1">UTC+1</a> (<a href="/wiki/British_Summer_Time" title="British Summer Time">BST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ONS_coding_system" title="ONS coding system">ONS code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">45UB</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/GSS_coding_system" title="GSS coding system">GSS code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">E07000223</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ordnance_Survey_National_Grid" title="Ordnance Survey National Grid">OS grid reference</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion" style="white-space: nowrap"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Adur_District&params=50.832579_N_0.268948_W_region:GB_scale:25000">TQ220051</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Adur</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/eɪ/: 'a' in 'face'">eɪ</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'d' in 'dye'">d</span><span title="/ʊər/: 'our' in 'tour'">ʊər</span></span>/</a></span></span>) is a <a href="/wiki/Non-metropolitan_district" title="Non-metropolitan district">local government district</a> in <a href="/wiki/West_Sussex" title="West Sussex">West Sussex</a>, England. It is named after the <a href="/wiki/River_Adur" title="River Adur">River Adur</a> which flows through the area. The council is based in the town of <a href="/wiki/Shoreham-by-Sea" title="Shoreham-by-Sea">Shoreham-by-Sea</a>, and the district also contains the town of <a href="/wiki/Southwick,_West_Sussex" title="Southwick, West Sussex">Southwick</a>, the large village of <a href="/wiki/Lancing,_West_Sussex" title="Lancing, West Sussex">Lancing</a> and a modest rural hinterland inland. The district had a population of 64,626 at the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_Census_2021" class="mw-redirect" title="United Kingdom Census 2021">2021 census</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Sompting" title="Sompting">Sompting</a>, Lancing, Shoreham and Southwick form a strip of settlements on the south coast, between <a href="/wiki/Worthing" title="Worthing">Worthing</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brighton" title="Brighton">Brighton</a> collectively known as the <a href="/wiki/Brighton/Worthing/Littlehampton" class="mw-redirect" title="Brighton/Worthing/Littlehampton">Brighton/Worthing/Littlehampton</a> conurbation. <a href="/wiki/Shoreham_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Shoreham Airport">Shoreham Airport</a> is located in the Adur district, west of Shoreham-by-Sea and just east of Lancing. </p><p>The Adur Festival is held in the first two weeks of June every year. </p><p>The district lies on the south coast, and parts of its area lie within the <a href="/wiki/South_Downs_National_Park" title="South Downs National Park">South Downs National Park</a>. The neighbouring districts are <a href="/wiki/Worthing" title="Worthing">Worthing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arun_District" title="Arun District">Arun</a>, <a href="/wiki/Horsham_District" title="Horsham District">Horsham</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brighton_and_Hove" title="Brighton and Hove">Brighton and Hove</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adur_District&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The district was formed on 1 April 1974 under the <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Act_1972" title="Local Government Act 1972">Local Government Act 1972</a>. The new district covered the whole area of two former districts and parts of a third, which were all abolished at the same time:<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shoreham-by-Sea" title="Shoreham-by-Sea">Shoreham-by-Sea</a> <a href="/wiki/Urban_district_(England_and_Wales)" title="Urban district (England and Wales)">Urban District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southwick,_West_Sussex" title="Southwick, West Sussex">Southwick</a> Urban District</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Worthing_Rural_District" title="Worthing Rural District">Worthing Rural District</a> (parishes of <a href="/wiki/Coombes" title="Coombes">Coombes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lancing,_West_Sussex" title="Lancing, West Sussex">Lancing</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sompting" title="Sompting">Sompting</a> only, rest went to Arun)</li></ul> <p>The new district was named Adur after the River Adur which flows through the area and reaches the sea at Shoreham.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since 2008 Adur District Council has worked in partnership with neighbouring <a href="/wiki/Worthing_Borough_Council" title="Worthing Borough Council">Worthing Borough Council</a>, as <a href="/wiki/Adur_and_Worthing_Councils" title="Adur and Worthing Councils">Adur and Worthing Councils</a>, sharing a joint management structure, with a single chief executive.<sup id="cite_ref-structure_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-structure-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governance">Governance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adur_District&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Governance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 125%; background-color: #ededed"><div style="display:inline" class="fn org">Adur District Council</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Adur_District_Council_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Logo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/bc/Adur_District_Council_logo.svg/220px-Adur_District_Council_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/bc/Adur_District_Council_logo.svg/330px-Adur_District_Council_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/bc/Adur_District_Council_logo.svg/440px-Adur_District_Council_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="240" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Type</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="padding:0.1em 0;line-height:1.3em;"><div style="display:inline" class="category"><a href="/wiki/Non-metropolitan_district" title="Non-metropolitan district">Non-metropolitan district</a></div> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1 April 1974</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Leadership</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Chairperson" class="mw-redirect" title="Chairperson">Chair</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em">Adrienne Lowe, <br /> <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <br />since 23 May 2024<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Leader of the Council">Leader</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em">Jeremy Gardner, <br /> <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <br />since 23 May 2024 </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Chief_Executive" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Executive">Chief Executive</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em">Catherine Howe <br />since 2021<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Structure</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Seats</th><td class="infobox-data">29 councillors</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Political groups</div></th><td class="infobox-data"> <dl><dt>Administration (17)</dt> <dd><span class="nowrap"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#E4003B ; color:white;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> (17)</span></dd> <dt>Opposition (12)</dt> <dd><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#0087DC ; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> (7)</span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#DCDCDC ; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> (3)</span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#02A95B ; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales" title="Green Party of England and Wales">Green</a> (2)</span></dd></dl> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Length of term</div></th><td class="infobox-data">4 years</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Elections</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Last election</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/2024_Adur_District_Council_election" title="2024 Adur District Council election">2 May 2024</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Next election</div></th><td class="infobox-data">7 May 2026</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Meeting place</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Shoreham_Centre.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/The_Shoreham_Centre.jpg/220px-The_Shoreham_Centre.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/The_Shoreham_Centre.jpg/330px-The_Shoreham_Centre.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/The_Shoreham_Centre.jpg/440px-The_Shoreham_Centre.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4080" data-file-height="2295" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data label">The Shoreham Centre, Pond Road, <a href="/wiki/Shoreham-by-Sea" title="Shoreham-by-Sea">Shoreham-by-Sea</a>, BN43<span class="nowrap"> </span>5WU</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.adur-worthing.gov.uk">www<wbr />.adur-worthing<wbr />.gov<wbr />.uk</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Adur District Council provides <a href="/wiki/Non-metropolitan_district" title="Non-metropolitan district">district-level</a> services. <a href="/wiki/Non-metropolitan_county" title="Non-metropolitan county">County-level</a> services are provided by <a href="/wiki/West_Sussex_County_Council" title="West Sussex County Council">West Sussex County Council</a>. Parts of the district are covered by <a href="/wiki/Civil_parish" title="Civil parish">civil parishes</a>, which form a third tier of local government for their areas.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-electionmaps_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electionmaps-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Political_control">Political control</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adur_District&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Political control"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The council has been under <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> majority control since the <a href="/wiki/2024_Adur_District_Council_election" title="2024 Adur District Council election">2024 election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first elections to the council were held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities until the new arrangements came into effect on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council since 1974 has been as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-electionscentre_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electionscentre-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-change_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-change-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Party in control</th> <th>Years </th></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/No_overall_control" title="No overall control">No overall control</a></td> <td>1974–1979 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td> <td>1979–1980 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FFD700;" data-sort-value="Liberal Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></td> <td>1980–1983 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/No_overall_control" title="No overall control">No overall control</a></td> <td>1983–1986 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FFD700;" data-sort-value="SDP-Liberal Alliance"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/SDP-Liberal_Alliance" class="mw-redirect" title="SDP-Liberal Alliance">Alliance</a></td> <td>1986–1988 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a></td> <td>1988–1999 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/No_overall_control" title="No overall control">No overall control</a></td> <td>1999–2002 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td> <td>2002–2024 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td>2024-current </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Leadership">Leadership</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adur_District&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Leadership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_council" class="mw-redirect" title="Leader of the council">leaders of the council</a> since 2000 have been:<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Councillor</th> <th colspan="2">Party</th> <th>From</th> <th>To </th></tr> <tr> <td>Neil Parkin<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td> <td align="right">2000</td> <td align="right">23 May 2024 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Jeremy Gardner</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td align="right">23 May 2024</td> <td align="right"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Composition">Composition</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adur_District&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Composition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the <a href="/wiki/2024_Adur_District_Council_election" title="2024 Adur District Council election">2024 election</a> and a subsequent change of allegiance in July 2024, the composition of the council was: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Councillors </th></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td align="center">17 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td align="center">7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent politician"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td align="center">3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #02A95B;" data-sort-value="Green Party of England and Wales"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales" title="Green Party of England and Wales">Green</a> </td> <td align="center">2 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Total </th> <th align="center">29 </th></tr></tbody></table> <p>Two of the independent councillors sit together as the "Shoreham Beach Residents' Association" group. The next election is due in 2026.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections">Elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adur_District&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Adur_District_Council_elections" title="Adur District Council elections">Adur District Council elections</a></div> <p>Since the last boundary changes in 2004 the council has comprised 29 <a href="/wiki/Councillor" title="Councillor">councillors</a> representing 14 <a href="/wiki/Wards_and_electoral_divisions_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom">wards</a>, with each ward electing two councillors except Widewater, which elects three. Elections are held in alternate years for roughly half the council each time to serve a four year term of office.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Premises">Premises</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adur_District&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Premises"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Shoreham_Civic_Centre_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2305640.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Shoreham_Civic_Centre_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2305640.jpg/220px-Shoreham_Civic_Centre_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2305640.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Shoreham_Civic_Centre_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2305640.jpg/330px-Shoreham_Civic_Centre_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2305640.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Shoreham_Civic_Centre_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2305640.jpg/440px-Shoreham_Civic_Centre_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2305640.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Council's former headquarters at Shoreham Civic Centre, closed 2015 and since demolished.</figcaption></figure> <p>The council is based at the Shoreham Centre on Pond Road, which was built in the 1970s as a community centre but was substantially extended in 2015 to also serve as the council's meeting place and offices.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prior to 2015 the council was based at the Civic Centre on Ham Road, Shoreham, which was subsequently demolished.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Adur_population_pyramid.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Adur_population_pyramid.svg/220px-Adur_population_pyramid.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="174" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Adur_population_pyramid.svg/330px-Adur_population_pyramid.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Adur_population_pyramid.svg/440px-Adur_population_pyramid.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2742" data-file-height="2163" /></a><figcaption>Adur population pyramid</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Towns_and_parishes">Towns and parishes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adur_District&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Towns and parishes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/List_of_civil_parishes_in_West_Sussex" title="List of civil parishes in West Sussex">List of civil parishes in West Sussex</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lancing_College_(1392998994).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Lancing_College_%281392998994%29.jpg/220px-Lancing_College_%281392998994%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="116" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Lancing_College_%281392998994%29.jpg/330px-Lancing_College_%281392998994%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Lancing_College_%281392998994%29.jpg/440px-Lancing_College_%281392998994%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3444" data-file-height="1809" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Lancing_College" title="Lancing College">Lancing College</a>, a public school and a prominent landmark in the district.</figcaption></figure> <p>There are three <a href="/wiki/Civil_parish" title="Civil parish">civil parishes</a> in the district, being Coombes, Lancing, and Sompting. Coombes has a <a href="/wiki/Parish_meeting" title="Parish meeting">parish meeting</a> rather than a parish council due to its low population.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The rest of the district, corresponding to the area of the pre-1974 urban districts of Shoreham-by-Sea and Southwick, is an <a href="/wiki/Unparished_area" title="Unparished area">unparished area</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-electionmaps_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electionmaps-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports_clubs">Sports clubs</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adur_District&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Sports clubs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lancing_F.C." title="Lancing F.C.">Lancing F.C.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shoreham_F.C." title="Shoreham F.C.">Shoreham F.C.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southwick_F.C." title="Southwick F.C.">Southwick F.C.</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lancing_Utd_F.C.&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lancing Utd F.C. (page does not exist)">Lancing Utd F.C.</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media">Media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adur_District&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In terms of television, Adur is served by <a href="/wiki/BBC_South_East" title="BBC South East">BBC South East</a> and <a href="/wiki/ITV_Meridian" title="ITV Meridian">ITV Meridian</a> broadcasting from the <a href="/wiki/Whitehawk_Hill_transmitting_station" title="Whitehawk Hill transmitting station">Whitehawk Hill</a> transmitter. <sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Radio stations for the area are <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Sussex" title="BBC Radio Sussex">BBC Radio Sussex</a>, <a href="/wiki/Heart_South" title="Heart South">Heart South</a>, <a href="/wiki/Capital_Brighton" title="Capital Brighton">Capital Brighton</a>, <a href="/wiki/More_Radio_Worthing" title="More Radio Worthing">More Radio Worthing</a> and <a href="/wiki/Seaside_Hospital_Radio" title="Seaside Hospital Radio">Seaside Hospital Radio</a> that broadcast from the <a href="/wiki/Southlands_Hospital" title="Southlands Hospital">Southlands Hospital</a> in Shoreham. </p><p>Local newspapers are the <i>Shoreham Herald</i>, <i>West Sussex Gazette</i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Argus_(Brighton)" title="The Argus (Brighton)">The Argus</a></i>. <sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Twin_towns">Twin towns</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adur_District&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Twin towns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Adur_(district)" class="mw-redirect" title="Adur (district)">Adur</a> is twinned with </p> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland"><img alt="Poland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/%C5%BBywiec" title="Żywiec">Żywiec</a>, <a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Poland</a><sup id="cite_ref-Żywiec_twinning_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Żywiec_twinning-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Riom" title="Riom">Riom</a>, <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a><sup id="cite_ref-Riom_twinnings_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Riom_twinnings-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Archant_twinning_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Archant_twinning-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climate">Climate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adur_District&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Climate in this area has mild differences between highs and lows, and there is adequate rainfall year-round. The <a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_Climate_Classification" class="mw-redirect" title="Köppen Climate Classification">Köppen Climate Classification</a> subtype for this climate is "<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification#Group_C:_Temperate/mesothermal_climates" title="Köppen climate classification">Cfb</a>" (Marine West Coast Climate/<a href="/wiki/Oceanic_climate" title="Oceanic climate">Oceanic climate</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Adur District, UK </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFE6CE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8<br />(46) </td> <td style="background: #FFE6CE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8<br />(46) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10<br />(50) </td> <td style="background: #FFC489; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13<br />(55) </td> <td style="background: #FFAF60; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16<br />(61) </td> <td style="background: #FFA144; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18<br />(64) </td> <td style="background: #FF9429; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20<br />(68) </td> <td style="background: #FF8D1B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21<br />(70) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B37; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19<br />(66) </td> <td style="background: #FFB66E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15<br />(59) </td> <td style="background: #FFD2A5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11<br />(52) </td> <td style="background: #FFE6CE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8<br />(46) </td> <td style="background: #FFBD7C; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">14<br />(57) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3<br />(37) </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3<br />(37) </td> <td style="background: #FFFBF8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5<br />(41) </td> <td style="background: #FFF4EA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6<br />(43) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10<br />(50) </td> <td style="background: #FFCB97; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12<br />(54) </td> <td style="background: #FFBD7C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14<br />(57) </td> <td style="background: #FFBD7C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14<br />(57) </td> <td style="background: #FFCB97; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12<br />(54) </td> <td style="background: #FFDFC0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9<br />(48) </td> <td style="background: #FFF4EA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6<br />(43) </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4<br />(39) </td> <td style="background: #FFE6CE; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">8<br />(46) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #BEBEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">43<br />(1.7) </td> <td style="background: #CDCDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30<br />(1.2) </td> <td style="background: #D2D2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30<br />(1.2) </td> <td style="background: #D3D3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28<br />(1.1) </td> <td style="background: #C9C9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36<br />(1.4) </td> <td style="background: #E3E3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18<br />(0.7) </td> <td style="background: #C9C9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36<br />(1.4) </td> <td style="background: #C9C9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36<br />(1.4) </td> <td style="background: #C4C4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">38<br />(1.5) </td> <td style="background: #B3B3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">51<br />(2) </td> <td style="background: #B0B0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">51<br />(2) </td> <td style="background: #B7B7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">48<br />(1.9) </td> <td style="background: #C7C7FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">440<br />(17.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days </th> <td style="background: #5252FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14 </td> <td style="background: #7777FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10 </td> <td style="background: #6A6AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12 </td> <td style="background: #6666FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12 </td> <td style="background: #8383FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10 </td> <td style="background: #8C8CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9 </td> <td style="background: #8383FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10 </td> <td style="background: #8383FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10 </td> <td style="background: #7272FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11 </td> <td style="background: #6A6AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12 </td> <td style="background: #5959FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13 </td> <td style="background: #6A6AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12 </td> <td style="background: #7171FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">135 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: Weatherbase <sup id="cite_ref-Weatherbase_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Weatherbase-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adur_District&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adur_and_Worthing_Councils" title="Adur and Worthing Councils">Adur and Worthing Councils</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Listed_buildings_in_Adur" title="Listed buildings in Adur">Listed buildings in Adur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_places_of_worship_in_Adur" title="List of places of worship in Adur">List of places of worship in Adur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lancing,_West_Sussex" title="Lancing, West Sussex">Lancing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shoreham-by-Sea" title="Shoreham-by-Sea">Shoreham-by-Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southwick,_West_Sussex" title="Southwick, West Sussex">Southwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sompting" title="Sompting">Sompting</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adur_District&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Angmering_%26_Findon_(electoral_division)" title="Angmering & Findon (electoral division)">Angmering and Findon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arundel_%26_Wick_(electoral_division)" title="Arundel & Wick (electoral division)">Arundel and Courtwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bersted_(electoral_division)" title="Bersted (electoral division)">Bersted</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billingshurst_(electoral_division)" title="Billingshurst (electoral division)">Billingshurst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bognor_Regis_West_%26_Aldwick_(electoral_division)" title="Bognor Regis West & Aldwick (electoral division)">Bognor Regis West & Aldwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bramber_Castle_(electoral_division)" title="Bramber Castle (electoral division)">Bramber Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horsham_Tanbridge_%26_Broadbridge_Heath_(electoral_division)" title="Horsham Tanbridge & Broadbridge Heath (electoral 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Grinstead South & Ashurst Wood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Preston_%26_Ferring_(electoral_division)" title="East Preston & Ferring (electoral division)">East Preston and Ferring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Felpham_(electoral_division)" title="Felpham (electoral division)">Felpham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fontwell_(electoral_division)" title="Fontwell (electoral division)">Fontwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goring_(electoral_division)" title="Goring (electoral division)">Goring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haywards_Heath_East_(electoral_division)" title="Haywards Heath East (electoral division)">Haywards Heath East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haywards_Heath_Town_(electoral_division)" title="Haywards Heath Town (electoral division)">Haywards Heath Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henfield_(electoral_division)" title="Henfield (electoral division)">Henfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holbrook_(electoral_division)" title="Holbrook (electoral division)">Holbrook</a></li> <li><a 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