Mid Sussex

Local Authority District in England

West Sussex, South East

§ This page gives an overview of the Mid Sussex local authority district, bringing together key facts, maps, and data to help you quickly understand the area. One of 361 district profiles on Baseview.

Overview ⁞ Mid Sussex, between London and the South Downs, combines market towns, villages, and countryside. Haywards Heath is the main centre, while Burgess Hill and East Grinstead add suburban character. The Ashdown Forest, linked with A.A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh, offers heathland and woodlands. The South Downs National Park provides hills, chalk downs, and scenic valleys to the south. Rivers, farmland, and historic villages complete the district’s varied landscape.

The administrative boundary of Mid Sussex can be viewed on OpenStreetMap: District Boundary of Mid Sussex.

Map of Mid Sussex — Administrative Boundary of Mid Sussex (Local Authority District)

Key Facts about Mid Sussex

What region is Mid Sussex in? Mid Sussex is in the South East of England, a region within the UK.

What county is Mid Sussex in? Mid Sussex is located in the county of West Sussex.

Is Mid Sussex a city? No, Mid Sussex is not a city. (Note: the UK has 76 officially designated cities.)

Who governs Mid Sussex? The local authority for this district is: Mid Sussex District Council - responsible for district-level services. Since West Sussex is a two-tier area, county-level services are handled by: West Sussex County Council.

▶ Official website of Mid Sussex District Council 🔗 midsussex.gov.uk

Which police force covers Mid Sussex? Policing in Mid Sussex is provided by Sussex Police 🔗 sussex.police.uk, which serves 13 local authority districts: Adur ⁞ Arun ⁞ Brighton and Hove ⁞ Chichester ⁞ Crawley ⁞ Eastbourne ⁞ Hastings ⁞ Horsham ⁞ Lewes ⁞ Mid Sussex ⁞ Rother ⁞ Wealden ⁞ Worthing.

This district page, Mid Sussex, is a sub-page of this county page: West Sussex and this region page: South East. It zooms in to local authorities and parliamentary constituencies, and provides a list of wards in this district. We have this list page for easy browsing of all UK local authority districts: List of Local Authority Districts.

Constituencies in Mid Sussex

A constituency is a specific geographical area that elects one Member of Parliament (MP) to represent them in the House of Commons. The United Kingdom is divided into 650 parliamentary constituencies. We have this list page for easy browsing of all UK parliamentary constituencies: List of Constituencies.

Wards in Mid Sussex

Mid Sussex is divided into 27 wards, listed below in alphabetical order.

Ardingly, Balcombe & Turners Hill
Ashurst Wood & East Grinstead South
Burgess Hill Dunstall
Burgess Hill Franklands
Burgess Hill Leylands
Burgess Hill Meeds & Hammonds
Burgess Hill St Andrews
Burgess Hill Victoria
Copthorne & Worth
Crawley Down
Cuckfield, Bolney & Ansty
Downland Villages
East Grinstead Ashplats
East Grinstead Baldwins
East Grinstead Herontye
East Grinstead Imberhorne
East Grinstead Town
Handcross & Pease Pottage
Hassocks
Haywards Heath Ashenground
Haywards Heath Bentswood & Heath
Haywards Heath Franklands
Haywards Heath Lucastes & Bolnore
Haywards Heath North
Hurstpierpoint
Lindfield
Lindfield Rural & High Weald

In the UK, a ward is a subdivision of a local authority area, used mainly for electoral and statistical purposes. Defined by the ONS, wards represent the primary unit for local elections, each returning one or more councillors to the local council. Wards are also used as a key geography for presenting population and census data.

Parishes in Mid Sussex

Mid Sussex is fully parished: 24 civil parishes, listed A-Z below.

Albourne
Ansty and Staplefield
Ardingly
Ashurst Wood
Balcombe
Bolney
Burgess Hill
Cuckfield
East Grinstead
Fulking
Hassocks
Haywards Heath
Horsted Keynes
Hurstpierpoint and Sayers Common
Lindfield
Lindfield Rural
Newtimber
Poynings
Pyecombe
Slaugham
Turners Hill
Twineham
West Hoathly
Worth

A civil parish is the lowest tier of local government in England, used for villages, small towns, and suburbs. They have their own local authority, either a parish council or a parish meeting, which provides local services like managing parks, allotments, and streetlights, and represents the community's views to larger councils.

Built-up Areas in Mid Sussex

Mid Sussex covers 28 built-up areas, listed below in alphabetical order.

Albourne
Ansty
Ardingly
Ashurst Wood *
Balcombe
Bolney
Burgess Hill *
Copthorne *
Crawley (Crawley) *
Crawley Down
Cuckfield
East Grinstead *
Felbridge *
Fulking
Furnace Wood *
Handcross
Hassocks and Hurstpierpoint *
Haywards Heath *
Horsted Keynes
Pease Pottage *
Sayers Common
Scayne's Hill
Sharpthorne *
Staplefield
Turners Hill
Warninglid
West Hoathly
Worth Abbey

In the UK, a Built-up Area (BUA) is a continuous urban area of at least 20 hectares (0.2 km²), defined by the ONS as land where buildings are generally no more than 200 metres apart, such as towns, cities, or large villages. (Note: A BUA name marked with an asterisk (*) indicates that the area is situated partly in the district of Mid Sussex.)

Mid Sussex compared with other districts in the UK

This section shows how Mid Sussex compares with other local authority districts in the UK, using a variety of measures and rankings.

Mid Sussex has 27 electoral wards.

Mid Sussex compared with other districts — ▮ Smaller: 264 ▮ Similar: 28 ▮ Larger: 69 (compared with 361 districts)

Mid Sussex has a population of 161,755 (2024 mid-year estimate by ONS)

Population of Mid Sussex compared with other districts — Population of Mid Sussex, compared with other districts in England and Wales

More local statistics and data for Mid Sussex can be found on the ONS statistics for Mid Sussex.