See also River Rother (disambiguation) for rivers named Rother.

Rother District
—  Non-metropolitan district  —
Rother 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	Bexhill-on-Sea
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Government
• Type	Non-metropolitan district council
• Body	Rother District Council
• Leadership	Leader and Cabinet (Conservative)
• MPs	Gregory Barker Amber Rudd
Area
• Total	197.6 sq mi (511.8 km2)
Area rank	91st (of 326)
Population (2010 est.)
• Total	89,800
• Rank	257th (of 326)
• Density	450/sq mi (180/km2)
• Ethnicity	98.1% White
Time zone	GMT (UTC0)
• Summer (DST)	BST (UTC+1)
ONS code	21UG
OS grid reference	TQ7388508555
Website	www.rother.gov.uk

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

History [link]

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 [link]

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 [link]

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 [link]

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, East Coastway Line and the Marshlink Line are the three 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 [link]

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

References [link]

v t e Districts of South East England Berkshire Bracknell Forest Reading Slough West Berkshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham Buckinghamshire Aylesbury Vale Chiltern Milton Keynes South Bucks Wycombe East Sussex Brighton and Hove Eastbourne Hastings Lewes Rother Wealden Hampshire Basingstoke and Deane East Hampshire Eastleigh Fareham Gosport Hart Havant New Forest Portsmouth Rushmoor Southampton Test Valley Winchester Isle of Wight Isle of Wight Kent Ashford Canterbury Dartford Dover Gravesham Maidstone Medway Sevenoaks Shepway Swale Thanet Tonbridge and Malling Tunbridge Wells Oxfordshire Cherwell Oxford South Oxfordshire Vale of White Horse West Oxfordshire Surrey Elmbridge Epsom and Ewell Guildford Mole Valley Reigate and Banstead Runnymede Spelthorne Surrey Heath Tandridge Waverley Woking West Sussex Adur Arun Chichester Crawley Horsham Mid Sussex Worthing

Coordinates: 50°50′59.24″N 0°28′13.81″E / 50.8497889°N 0.4705028°E / 50.8497889; 0.4705028