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Sussex has a population of about 1.6 million, [5] [nb 1] about the same as Goa or the US state of Idaho and about three times the population of Cornwall. Sussex has three main geographic sub-regions, each orientated approximately east to west. In the south-west of the county lies the fertile and densely populated coastal plain.
Map of Sussex in 1851 showing the six Rapes. A rape is a traditional territorial sub-division of Sussex, formerly used for various administrative purposes. [72] Their origin is unknown, but they appear to predate the Norman Conquest [73] Each rape was split into several hundreds and may be Romano-British or Anglo-Saxon in origin. [74]
Selsey Bill is a headland into the English Channel on the south coast of England in the county of West Sussex. The southernmost town in Sussex is Selsey which is at the end of the Manhood Peninsula and Selsey Bill is situated on the town's southern coastline. It is the easternmost point of Bracklesham Bay and the westernmost point of the Sussex ...
The South Coast Plain is a natural region in England running along the central south coast in the counties of East and West Sussex and Hampshire. It has been designated as National Character Area No. 126 by Natural England .
The Seven Sisters are a series of chalk sea cliffs on the English Channel coast, and are a stretch of the sea-eroded section of the South Downs range of hills, in the county of East Sussex, in south-east England
West Sussex is the sunniest county in the United Kingdom, according to Met Office records. Over the 29 years to 2011 it averaged 1902 hours of sunshine per year. [20] Sunshine totals are highest near the coast with Bognor Regis often having the highest in mainland England, including a total of 2237 hours in 1990. Mean annual temperature for ...
The geology of East Sussex is defined by the Weald–Artois anticline, a 60 kilometres (37 mi) wide and 100 kilometres (62 mi) long fold within which caused the arching up of the chalk into a broad dome within the middle Miocene, [1] which has subsequently been eroded to reveal a lower Cretaceous to Upper Jurassic stratigraphy.
East Sussex is a ceremonial county in South East England. ... East Sussex, like most counties by the south coast, has an annual average total of around 1,750 ...