27-554: Adur ( / eɪ ˈ d ʊər / ) 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
54-566: A parish meeting rather than a parish council due to its low population. The rest of the district, corresponding to the area of the pre-1974 urban districts of Shoreham-by-Sea and Southwick, is an unparished area . In terms of television, Adur is served by BBC South East and ITV Meridian broadcasting from the Whitehawk Hill transmitter. Radio stations for the area are BBC Radio Sussex , Heart South , Capital Brighton , More Radio Worthing and Seaside Hospital Radio that broadcast from
81-434: A borough or district council. In these cases local government functions are divided between county and district councils, to the level where they can be practised most efficiently: Many districts have borough status , which means the local council is called a borough council instead of district council and gives them the right to appoint a mayor . Borough status is granted by royal charter and, in many cases, continues
108-434: A combined weekly audience of 192,000 listeners and a 3.7% share as of December 2023. BBC Radio Brighton was one of the first wave of BBC Local Radio stations which took to the air during the late 1960s. Broadcasting from Marlborough Place, it officially opened on 14 February 1968, though a short-lived emergency service had been broadcast during the blizzards earlier that winter. Originally broadcast on 88.1 MHz VHF only,
135-425: A district will consist of a market town and its more rural hinterland. However districts are diverse with some being mostly urban such as Dartford, and others more polycentric such as Thurrock. Non-metropolitan districts are subdivisions of English non-metropolitan counties which have a two-tier structure of local government. Two-tier non-metropolitan counties have a county council and several districts, each with
162-564: A four year term of office. 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. Prior to 2015 the council was based at the Civic Centre on Ham Road, Shoreham, which was subsequently demolished. There are three civil parishes in the district, being Coombes, Lancing, and Sompting. Coombes has
189-413: A joint management structure, with a single chief executive. Adur District Council provides district-level services. County-level services are provided by West Sussex County Council . Parts of the district are covered by civil parishes , which form a third tier of local government for their areas. The council has been under Labour majority control since the 2024 election . The first elections to
216-716: 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 . The district
243-457: A style enjoyed by a predecessor authority, which can date back centuries. Some districts such as Oxford or Exeter have city status , granted by letters patent , but this does not give the local council any extra powers other than the right to call itself a city council . By 1899, England had been divided at district level into rural districts , urban districts , municipal boroughs , county boroughs and metropolitan boroughs . This system
270-506: A sustaining service, but building to a full daytime service by the mid-1970s. In the early years, the emphasis was on structured programmes rather than the open-ended magazine shows which have since become more common. The flagship was the breakfast news programme Coastwise . On 22 October 1983, as part of the BBC's move to extend its local radio network across the UK, the station expanded further to include
297-486: A type of local government district in England. As created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan counties (colloquially shire counties ) in a two-tier arrangement. Non-metropolitan districts with borough status are known as boroughs , able to appoint a mayor and refer to itself as a borough council. Some shire counties now have no sub divisions so are a single Non-metropolitan district such as Cornwall. Typically
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#1732855802129324-613: A unitary authority or those that transferred from one county to another, including those that changed name. Nor does it include unitary authorities that have been abolished ( Bournemouth and Poole ). BBC Radio Sussex BBC Radio Sussex is the BBC's local radio station serving the counties of East Sussex and West Sussex . It broadcasts on FM , DAB , digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios on Queens Road in Brighton . According to RAJAR , BBC Radio Surrey and BBC Radio Sussex share
351-584: The District Councils' Network , special interest group which sits within the Local Government Association . The network's purpose is to "act as an informed and representative advocate for districts to government and other national bodies, based on their unique position to deliver for local people." This is a list of two-tier non-metropolitan counties and their districts. All unitary authorities are also non-metropolitan districts, which, with
378-768: The Southlands Hospital in Shoreham. Local newspapers are the Shoreham Herald , West Sussex Gazette and The Argus . Adur is twinned with Climate in this area has mild differences between highs and lows, and there is adequate rainfall year-round. The Köppen Climate Classification subtype for this climate is " Cfb " (Marine West Coast Climate/ Oceanic climate ). 50°49′57″N 0°16′08″W / 50.8326°N 0.2689°W / 50.8326; -0.2689 Non-metropolitan district Non-metropolitan districts , or colloquially " shire districts ", are
405-626: The 95.3 FM frequency and another for the remainder of Sussex. The separate breakfast show for Brighton and Hove was discontinued in April 2006. In March 2009, the county name returned to the radio station name when BBC Sussex became the new name for BBC Southern Counties Radio across Sussex. BBC Sussex and its sister station BBC Surrey continue effectively to operate as one station, with no change in management or infrastructure from its predecessor. On 3 January 2018, BBC Radio Sussex stopped transmitting on 1161 kHz and 1485 kHz medium wave. On 30 March 2020,
432-582: The BBC's Brighton studios from 6 am to 10 am on Mondays to Saturdays and from 2 pm to 6 pm on Saturdays. Regional programming, shared with BBC Radio Surrey , airs from 10 am to 10 pm on weekdays, from 10 am to 2 pm and 8 pm to 10 pm on Saturdays and from 6 am to 6 pm and 10 pm to 1 am on Sundays. Off-peak programming, including the weekday late show from 10 pm to 1 am, originates from BBC Radio Solent in Southampton and BBC Radio Berkshire in Reading . During
459-449: The areas for Wales and England had been enacted separately and there were no Welsh metropolitan areas, the term 'non-metropolitan district' does not apply to Wales. A similar system existed in Scotland , which in 1975 was divided into regions and districts, this was also abolished in 1996 and replaced with a fully unitary system . In England most of the district councils are represented by
486-462: 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: The leaders of the council since 2000 have been: Following the 2024 election and a subsequent change of allegiance in July 2024, the composition of the council was: Two of
513-463: The entire county. As a result, the 'Radio Brighton' name was dropped in favour of the more accurate BBC Radio Sussex. In 1994, BBC Radio Sussex merged with a later arrival, BBC Radio Surrey , to form BBC Southern Counties Radio . At first it ran a single all-talk schedule across Sussex and Surrey . However, in September 1997, two dedicated breakfast shows were introduced, one for Brighton and Hove on
540-487: The exception of those of Berkshire , are coterminous with non-metropolitan counties. For a full list of districts of all types including unitary authorities, metropolitan districts and London boroughs , see Districts of England . This is a list of former two-tier districts in England which have been abolished, by local government reorganisations such as the 2009 structural changes to local government in England . It does not include districts that still exist after becoming
567-402: The independent councillors sit together as the "Shoreham Beach Residents' Association" group. The next election is due in 2026. Since the last boundary changes in 2004 the council has comprised 29 councillors representing 14 wards , 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
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#1732855802129594-497: The station later acquired a medium wave frequency of 202m, and transferred to 95.3 MHz on VHF. The transmission area was initially restricted to little more than the immediate Brighton and Hove conurbation, with the surrounding suburbs. However, coverage was extended to include Worthing in the late 1970s. In common with much of the BBC 's early local radio output, Radio Brighton broadcast only for limited daytime hours in its early years, relying on BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 4 for
621-633: The station reverted to its earlier name of BBC Radio Sussex. The station also broadcasts on Freeview TV channel 712 in the BBC South East and BBC South regions and streams online via BBC Sounds . Listeners in Crawley and parts of East Grinstead cannot receive FM signals that broadcast BBC Radio Sussex. However, those areas receive better FM signals from the Reigate transmitter which broadcasts BBC Radio Surrey on 104.0 FM. Local programming airs from
648-529: The station's downtime, BBC Radio Sussex simulcasts overnight programming from BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Radio London . BBC Radio Sussex covers every Brighton and Hove Albion and Crawley Town game live. On Saturdays, BBC Sussex Sport starts at 2pm, presented by Johnny Cantor from wherever Brighton are playing. This show contains interviews and features on all sports from within the county. The frequencies then split shortly before kick off, with Brighton's match on DAB , 95.0, 95.3 and 104.5 FM , and Crawley on
675-526: The two-tier structure, but reforms in the 1990s and 2009 reduced their number to 192. A further 55 non-metropolitan districts are now unitary authorities, which combine the functions of county and borough/district councils. In Wales , an almost identical two-tier system of local government existed between 1974 and 1996 (see Districts of Wales ). In 1996, this was abolished and replaced with an entirely unitary system of local government, with one level of local government responsible for all local services. Since
702-673: Was abolished by the London Government Act 1963 and the Local Government Act 1972 . Non-metropolitan districts were created by this act in 1974 when England outside Greater London was divided into metropolitan counties and non-metropolitan counties. Metropolitan counties were sub-divided into metropolitan districts and the non-metropolitan counties were sub-divided into non-metropolitan districts. The metropolitan districts had more powers than their non-metropolitan counterparts. Initially, there were 296 non-metropolitan districts in
729-512: Was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 . The new district covered the whole area of two former districts and parts of a third, which were all abolished at the same time: The new district was named Adur after the River Adur which flows through the area and reaches the sea at Shoreham. Since 2008 Adur District Council has worked in partnership with neighbouring Worthing Borough Council , as Adur and Worthing Councils , sharing
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