Rother

See also River Rother for rivers named Rother.

Rother District
Shown within East Sussex
Geography
Status:	District
Region:	South East England
Historic County:	Sussex
Admin. County:	East Sussex
Area: - Total	Ranked 91st 511.75 km²
Admin. HQ:	Bexhill-on-Sea
ONS code:	21UG
Demographics
Population: - Total (2008 est.) - Density	Ranked 261st 88,800 174 / km²
Ethnicity:	98.1% White
Politics
Rother District Council http://www.rother.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Conservative
MPs:	Gregory Barker, Michael Foster

Rother is a local government district in East Sussex, England. The district is named after the River Rother which flows within its boundaries.

History

The District of Rother was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by the merger of the Municipal Borough of Bexhill, the Municipal Borough of Rye and Battle Rural District. It is one of three Districts within the county without borough status and is the easternmost one: the other two being Lewes to the west, and Wealden in the centre. The Borough of Hastings lies surrounded by Rother.

Governance

Rother District Council offices are based in Bexhill-on-Sea.

The District is second-level in local government. There are 38 members of the Council, representing 20 wards^[1]. Bexhill has nine wards: the remaining councillors represent the other 29 wards.

The lowest level of local government is the civil parish: there are 29 within the Rother District^[2] which are:

Playden and East Guldeford are merged in the statistical analysis although they are both civil parishes in their own right. Playden has a Parish Council whilst East Guldeford holds a Parish Meeting.

Geography

Rother District covers two areas of relief: to the south, a section of the High Weald; and to the north the lower land, named the Rother Levels, across which flow the River Rother, which rises on the Weald and flows easterly towards Rye Bay, and its tributaries. For much of the course of the main river it constitutes the boundary between East Sussex and Kent, and is given the alternative title of the ’’Kent Ditch’’. Tributaries of the river include the Rivers Dudwell, Tillingham and Brede.

The District reaches the coast in the vicinity of Bexhill, and on the shores of Rye Bay.

Transport

There are several main roads crossing the District. The major trunk road is the A21, London to Hastings road; it is joined by the A28 road from Ashford road near Hastings; which in turn is crossed by the A268 Hawkhurst to Rye road. There is also the A259 coastal route

The Hastings Line and the Marshlink Line are the two railway lines in the District; The Kent and East Sussex Railway tourist line terminates at Bodiam.

Long-distance footpaths include the Sussex Border Path; and the Saxon Shore Way, which links with the 1066 Country Walk.

Landmarks

Major landmarks include Bodiam and Camber Castles; and Battle Abbey.

References

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