Lewes District

Lewes District
Non-metropolitan district
Lewes shown within East Sussex
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	South East England
Non-metropolitan county	East Sussex
Status	Non-metropolitan district
Admin HQ	Lewes
Founded	1 April 1974
Government
• Type	Non-metropolitan district council
• Body	Lewes District Council
Area
• Total	112.74 sq mi (292.00 km2)
• Rank	120th (of 296)
Population  (2022)
• Total	100,677
• Rank	242nd (of 296)
• Density	890/sq mi (340/km2)
Ethnicity (2021) [1]
• Ethnic groups	List 94.2% White 2.5% Mixed 1.9% Asian 0.7% other 0.7% Black
Religion (2021) [1]
• Religion	List 48.2% no religion 42.7% Christianity 6.3% not stated 0.8% Islam 0.8% other 0.6% Buddhism 0.3% Hinduism 0.3% Judaism 0.1% Sikhism
Time zone	UTC0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
ONS code	21UF (ONS) E07000063 (GSS)
OS grid reference	TQ420104

Lewes is a local government district in East Sussex, England. The district is named after the town of Lewes. The largest town is Seaford. The district also includes the towns of Newhaven, Peacehaven and Telscombe and numerous villages and surrounding rural areas. The council meets in Lewes and has its main offices in Newhaven.

The district lies on the south coast, and a large part of it lies within the South Downs National Park. The district covers an area of 113 sq mi (290 km²), with 9 miles (14.5 km) of coastline.^[2] Plumpton Racecourse is within the district. There are 28 parishes in the district.

The neighbouring districts are Brighton and Hove, Mid Sussex and Wealden.