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River Adur

The Adur is a river in , ; it gives its name to the Adur district of . The river, which is 20 miles long, was once navigable for large vessels up as far as , where there was a large Saxon port, but by the 11th century the lower river became silted up and the port moved down to the deeper waters at the mouth of the river in .
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in Sussex, England, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Adur” and “Adur River”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Shoreham-by-Sea railway station and Shoreham Redoubt.

Railway station
Photo: Simon Carey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
serves the town of in the county of , and also serves the nearby Shoreham Airport. The station and the majority of trains serving it are operated by Govia Thameslink Railway under its Southern brand.

Fort
Photo: Peter Jeffery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a historical military defensive structure and scheduled monument at the entrance to harbour, at the mouth of the River Adur in , England.

Museum
Photo: Michael Coppins, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, is a 12th to early-13th-century Grade II* listed building on the High Street in , a town in Adur district in , England.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shoreham-by-Sea and Kingston by Sea.

Photo: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a town in , between and Brighton. It is the seat of Adur District which includes the parishes of Coombes, Lancing and Sompting.

Village
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, also known as Kingston Buci, Kingston Bucii or simply Kingston, is a small area in the Adur district of , England. Although it is now part of a continuous urban area, its origins lay in an ancient village and between…

Town
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is a town in the Adur district of , England located five miles west of . It covers an area of 863.7 ha. In 2001 it had a population of 13,195. is situated 1½ miles northeast of River Adur.

River Adur

Latitude
50.81667° or 50° 49′ north
Longitude
-0.26667° or 0° 16′ west
Open location code
9C2XRP8M+M8
Geo­Names ID
2657661
Wiki­data ID
Q379099
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“River Adur” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Ríu Adur”
  • Bengali: “আদুর”
  • Cebuano: “River Adur”
  • Chinese: “埃德河”
  • Chinese: “阿杜尔河”
  • Chinese: “阿杜爾河”
  • Croatian: “Adur (rijeka u Engleskoj)”
  • Croatian: “Adur”
  • Finnish: “Adur”
  • Finnish: “Adurjoki”
  • French: “Adur”
  • German: “Adur”
  • German: “River Adur”
  • Gujarati: “રિવર આદૂર”
  • Japanese: “アダー”
  • Japanese: “エイドゥー川”
  • Kannada: “ಅಡೂರ್ ನದಿ”
  • Korean: “아더”
  • Lithuanian: “Aduras”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Adur”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Adurelva”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Elva Adur”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “River Adur”
  • Norwegian: “Adur”
  • Polish: “Adur”
  • Portuguese: “River Adur”
  • Russian: “Река Адур”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Adur”
  • Spanish: “Adur”
  • Swahili: “Mto Adur”
  • Swedish: “River Adur”
  • Tamil: “ரிவேர் அடூர்”
  • Telugu: “రివర్ అదుర్”
  • Urdu: “ریور ادور”
  • Venetian: “Fiume Adur”
  • Welsh: “Afon Adur”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include St Mary de Haura Church, Shoreham-by-Sea and Kingston Lighthouse.

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