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Shoreham-by-Sea (often shortened to Shoreham) is a coastal town and port in the Adur district, in the county of West Sussex, England. In 2011 it had a population of 20,547. The town is bordered to its north by the South Downs, to its west by the Adur Valley, and to its south by the River Adur and Shoreham Beach on the English Channel.
Shoreham-by-Sea: I: The church dominates the town centre and port of Shoreham-by-Sea, but the present structure is just part of the original building, which may have been an 11th-century collegiate church. Erosion, storms and lack of use caused most of the building to collapse in the 18th century; parts were salvaged to form the rebuilt church.
The town continued to serve as the headquarters of Shoreham-by-Sea Urban District Council for much of the 20th century but ceased to be the local seat of government after the enlarged Adur District Council, which had been formed in 1974, [10] moved to the new civic centre on Ham Road in 1980. [11] [12] The town hall was subsequently converted ...
Portslade-by-Sea, to the south, has both the small but busy seaport harbour basin of Shoreham harbour and the industrial centre of Brighton and Hove. The east arm of Shoreham Canal Port, which includes the north and south basin quays, separates the pebble beach from the town centre.
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 town's open-air shopping centre, Southwick Square, is home to many traditional and local businesses as well as some larger chains, and is central to the village since its expansion north of the Old Shoreham Road in the middle of the twentieth century. Before that the main shops were located on Albion Street, the main coast road.
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The airport is served by Shoreham-by-Sea station on the West Coastway Line, 1 mile (1.6 km) distant. A halt, Bungalow Town Halt, had been opened in 1910, just in front of the main building. In 1935, its name was changed to Shoreham Airport. The station was closed on 15 July 1940.