East Sussex

East Sussex
Geography
Status:	Ceremonial & (smaller) Administrative County
Region:	South East England
Area: - Total - Admin. council - Admin. area	Ranked 33rd 1,792 km² Ranked 30th 1,709 km²
Admin HQ:	Lewes
ISO 3166-2:	GB-ESX
ONS code:	21
NUTS 3:	UKJ22
Demographics
Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density - Admin. council - Admin. pop.	Ranked 28th 744,142 415 / km² Ranked 26th 494,258
Ethnicity:	96.5% White 1.0% S.Asian
Politics
East Sussex County Council http://www.eastsussexcc.gov.uk/
Executive:	Conservative
Members of Parliament
Norman Baker, Gregory Barker, Ivor Caplin, Michael Foster, Charles Hendry, David Lepper, Desmond Turner, Nigel Waterson
Districts
Hastings Rother Wealden Eastbourne Lewes Brighton & Hove (Unitary)

East Sussex is a county in South East England. It is bordered by the counties of Kent, Surrey and West Sussex and, to the south, by the English Channel.

The ancient kingdom of Sussex was divided into eastern and western administrative regions, with separate county councils, in 1888: the county town became Lewes. In the new Sussex East county there were three self-administered county boroughs: Brighton, Eastbourne and Hastings. In 1974 the new county of East Sussex was created: at which point the three county boroughs became districts within the county. At the same time the western boundary was altered, so that the Mid Sussex region (including Burgess Hill and Haywards Heath) was transferred to the administrative county of West Sussex.

In 1997, Brighton & Hove became a self administered unitary authority and was eventually granted city status in 2000.

Towns and villages

Note that the website Villagenet contains details (including historical) of 240 villages in East Sussex, including some that are noted below. http://www.villagenet.co.uk/

• Bexhill-on-Sea
• Burwash
• Bodiam
• Crowborough
• Ditchling
• Eastbourne
• Falmer
• Hailsham, Hartfield, Hastings, Heathfield
• Lewes
• Maresfield, Mayfield
• Newhaven
• Northiam
• Peacehaven, Pevensey, Polegate, Portslade
• Ringmer,Robertsbridge, Rye
• Seaford
• Uckfield
• Wadhurst, Willingdon
• Withyham

Places of interest

• Ashdown Forest
• Batemans
• Beachy Head
• Bodiam Castle
• Ditchling Common
• Heritage railways: Bluebell Railway, Lavender Line Steam Railway, Kent & East Sussex Railway
• Herstmonceux
• South Downs Way, a long distance footpath
• University of Sussex

See also

• History of Sussex

External links

• Information on Sussex, history, maps
• East Sussex County Council