Rother District

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
• MPs	Huw Merriman Sally-Ann Hart
Area
• Total	197.6 sq mi (511.8 km2)
• Rank	77th (of 296)
Population  (2022)
• Total	94,162
• Rank	256th (of 296)
• Density	480/sq mi (180/km2)
Ethnicity (2021) [1]
• Ethnic groups	List 95.6% White 1.8% Mixed 1.5% Asian 0.6% Black 0.5% other
Religion (2021) [1]
• Religion	List 50.9% Christianity 40.7% no religion 6.6% not stated 0.6% Islam 0.6% other 0.4% Buddhism 0.2% Hinduism 0.2% Judaism 0.1% Sikhism
Time zone	UTC0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
ONS code	21UG (ONS) E07000064 (GSS)
OS grid reference	TQ7388508555

Rother is a local government district in East Sussex, England. Its council is based in Bexhill-on-Sea. The district is named after the River Rother which flows within its boundaries.

The neighbouring districts are Wealden, Tunbridge Wells, Ashford, Folkestone and Hythe, and Hastings. Aside from its coast, Hastings is surrounded by Rother.