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The Adur (/ eɪ ˈ d ʊər / or / eɪ ˈ d ɜː /) is a river in Sussex, England; it gives its name to the Adur district of West Sussex.The river, which is 20 miles (32 km) [1] long, was once navigable for large vessels up as far as Steyning, where there was a large Saxon port, but by the 11th century [2] the lower river became silted up and the port moved down to the deeper waters at the ...
Adur, Bangalore South, a village in the southern state of Karnataka, India; Adur, Haveri, a village in the southern state of Karnataka, India; Adur, Iran, a village in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran; Adur, Shimoga, a village in the southern state of Karnataka, India; Adur District, England; River Adur, England
Adurru is the location of an ancient Buddhist site, which is situated on a mound locally known as Dubaraju Gudi [5] or Dubaraju Dibba. [5] The site was first excavated in 1925, [3] and declared a protected monument by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) in 1955. [4]
Aldrington is an area in the city of Brighton and Hove in the ceremonial county of East Sussex, England.It was formerly a civil parish.For centuries it was meadow land along the English Channel stretching west from the old village of Hove to the old mouth of the River Adur, and it is now a prosperous residential area integrated within Hove.
The River Adur is formed when the Western Adur and the Eastern Adur join near Henfield. The Western branch starts near Slinfold , and flows through Shipley and West Grinstead. The Eastern branch rises on Ditchling Common, and flows through Haywards Heath and Burgess Hill .
Before the building of the bridge in 1781–2, the Adur presented the one major obstacle to east–west communication along the coastal plain of Southern England. The choices open to the traveller wishing to cross the Adur were to travel miles out of the way and use the bridge at Bramber , to ford the river on horseback or to use the ferry that ...
Adur (/ eɪ ˈ d ʊər /) is a local government district in West Sussex, England. It is named after the River Adur which flows through the area. The council is based in the town of Shoreham-by-Sea , and the district also contains the town of Southwick , the large village of Lancing and a modest rural hinterland inland.
Adur Estuary is a 62.2-hectare (154-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the western outskirts of Shoreham-by-Sea in West Sussex. [1] [2] Part is a Royal Society for the Protection of Birds nature reserve. [3] The estuary has large areas of salt marsh. Sea purslane is dominant above the mean high water mark and glasswort below.