Adur District

Adur District
Non-metropolitan district
River Adur at Shoreham-by-Sea
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
• MPs	Tim Loughton
Area
• Total	16.14 sq mi (41.80 km2)
• Rank	256th (of 296)
Population  (2022)
• Total	64,688
• Rank	289th (of 296)
• Density	4,000/sq mi (1,500/km2)
Ethnicity (2021) [1]
• Ethnic groups	List 93.4% White 2.5% Mixed 2.2% Asian 1.1% other 0.8% Black
Religion (2021) [1]
• Religion	List 47.9% no religion 43.1% Christianity 5.9% not stated 1.3% Islam 0.6% other 0.4% Buddhism 0.4% Judaism 0.3% Hinduism 0.1% Sikhism
Time zone	UTC0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
ONS code	45UB
GSS code	E07000223
OS grid reference	TQ220051

Adur (⫽eɪˈdʊər⫽) is a local government district in West Sussex, England. It is named after the River Adur which flows through the area. The council is based in the town of Shoreham-by-Sea, and the district also contains the town of Southwick, the large village of Lancing and a modest rural hinterland inland. The district had a population of 64,626 at the 2021 census.

Sompting, Lancing, Shoreham and Southwick form a strip of settlements on the south coast, between Worthing and Brighton collectively known as the Brighton/Worthing/Littlehampton conurbation. Shoreham Airport is located in the Adur district, west of Shoreham-by-Sea and just east of Lancing.

The Adur Festival is held in the first two weeks of June every year.

The district lies on the south coast, and parts of its area lie within the South Downs National Park. The neighbouring districts are Worthing, Arun, Horsham and Brighton and Hove.