Adur

Lancing College: cathedral

Adur, district, administrative county of West Sussex, historic county of Sussex, southeastern England.

It is named for the River Adur, which cuts through the chalk ridge of the South Downs via a large water gap before entering the English Channel at Shoreham-by-Sea (the administrative centre). The district is small and occupies the lower valley of the river between the urban areas of Worthing to the west and Brighton and Hove to the east. Area 16 square miles (42 square km). Pop. (2001) 59,627; (2011) 61,182.