Mid Sussex District

Mid Sussex District
Non-metropolitan district
Muster Green at Haywards Heath, the district's largest town.
Mid Sussex shown within West Sussex
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	South East England
Non-metropolitan county	West Sussex
Status	Non-metropolitan district
Admin HQ	Haywards Heath
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Government
• Type	Non-metropolitan district council
• Body	Mid Sussex District Council
• MPs	Andrew Griffith John Milne (British politician) Alison Bennett
Area
• Total	128.97 sq mi (334.02 km2)
• Rank	111th (of 296)
Population  (2022)
• Total	154,930
• Rank	137th (of 296)
• Density	1,200/sq mi (460/km2)
Ethnicity (2021) [1]
• Ethnic groups	List 92.2% White 3.6% Asian 2.5% Mixed 0.9% Black 0.8% other
Religion (2021) [1]
• Religion	List 47.9% Christianity 42.1% no religion 6.3% not stated 1.2% Islam 1% Hinduism 0.7% other 0.4% Buddhism 0.2% Judaism 0.1% Sikhism
Time zone	UTC0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)

Mid Sussex is a local government district in West Sussex, England. The largest town is Haywards Heath, where the council is based. The district also contains the towns of Burgess Hill and East Grinstead plus surrounding rural areas, including many villages. The district includes part of the South Downs National Park and part of the designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty of High Weald, including sections of Ashdown Forest. The district contains most headwaters of the River Ouse. Its largest body of water is Ardingly reservoir which is used by watersports clubs. At the 2021 census the district had a population of 152,949.

The neighbouring districts are Crawley, Horsham, Brighton and Hove, Lewes, Wealden and Tandridge.