Horsham District
Shown within West Sussex
Geography
Status:	District
Region:	South East England
Historic County:	Sussex
Admin. County:	West Sussex
Area: - Total	Ranked 93rd 530.26 km²
Admin. HQ:	Horsham
ONS code:	45UF
Demographics
Population: - Total (2006 est.) - Density	Ranked 152nd 128,300 242 / km²
Ethnicity:	97.8% White
Politics
Image:Horsham.jpg Horsham District Council http://www.horsham.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Conservative
MPs:	Nick Herbert, Francis Maude

Horsham is a local government district in West Sussex, England. Its council is based in Horsham. The district borders those of Crawley, Mid Sussex, Mole Valley, Chichester, Arun and Adur.

The district was formed on April 1, 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by the merger of Horsham urban district along with Chanctonbury Rural District and Horsham Rural District.

On a recent Channel 4 television programme, the Horsham district was classed as the ninth best district to live in in the United Kingdom.^{[citation needed]}

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Civil parishes

Within the Horsham District are the following civil parishes:

• Amberley
• Ashington
• Ashurst
• Billingshurst
• Bramber
• Broadbridge Heath
• Coldwaltham
• Colgate
• Cowfold
• Henfield
• Itchingfield
• Lower Beeding
• North Horsham
• Nuthurst
• Parham
• Pulborough
• Rudgwick
• Rusper
• Shermanbury
• Shipley
• Slinfold
• Southwater
• Steyning
• Storrington and Sullington
• Thakeham
• Upper Beeding
• Warnham
• Washington
• West Chiltington
• West Grinstead
• Wiston
• Woodmancote

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