Rother
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- See also River Rother for rivers named Rother.
| Rother District | |
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 Shown within East Sussex |
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| Geography | |
| Status: | District |
| Region: | South East England |
| Historic County: | Sussex |
| Admin. County: | East Sussex |
| Area: - Total |
Ranked 98th 511.75 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Bexhill-on-Sea |
| ONS code: | 21UG |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2005 est.) - Density |
Ranked 270th 86,000 168 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 98.1% White |
| Politics | |
| Rother District Council http://www.rother.gov.uk/ |
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| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Conservative |
| MPs: | Gregory Barker, Michael Foster |
Rother is a local government district in East Sussex, England. Its council is based in Bexhill-on-Sea. The district is named after the River Rother; it contains the historic towns of Battle which was the site of the Battle of Hastings and Rye which has a small harbour. It forms an economic unit with the separate town of Hastings, which it completely surrounds.
The district was formed on April 1, 1974 by a merger of Bexhill and Rye urban districts along with Battle Rural District. The civil parishes within the district are:
- Ashburnham
- Battle
- Beckley
- Bodiam
- Brede
- Brightling
- Burwash
- Camber
- Catsfield
- Crowhurst
- Dallington
- East Guldeford
- Etchingham
- Ewhurst
- Fairlight
- Guestling
- Hurst Green
- Icklesham
- Iden
- Mountfield
- Northiam
- Peasmarsh
- Penhurst
- Pett
- Playden
- Rye
- Rye Foreign
- Salehurst and Robertsbridge
- Sedlescombe
- Ticehurst
- Udimore
- Westfield
- Whatlington
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