Steyning is a little rural community as well as civil parish in the Horsham Area of West Sussex, England. It is located at the north end of the River Adur gap in the South Downs, four miles (6.4 kilometres) north of Shoreham-by-Sea. The smaller sized villages of Bramber and also Upper Beeding constitute, with Steyning, a built-up area at this crossing-point of the river. The parish has a land area of 1,574 hectares (3,890 acres). In the 2001 census 5,812 people resided in 2,530 households, of whom 2,747 were financially active. In Steyning there is accessibility to a range of facilities consisting of four pubs, the acclaimed Steyning Tea Rooms, 4 estate agents and also barclays bank. There is a recreation centre, which was built with National Lotto game funding. It has a contemporary health centre, a public library as well as the Steyning Gallery. A springtime fair is held on the Springtime bank holiday (the last Monday in May), The Monarch's Way long-distance path skirts the southern end of the town.