Steyning is a tiny rural town and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It is located at the north end of the River Adur gap in the South Downs, four miles (6.4 km) north of Shoreham-by-Sea. The smaller sized towns of Bramber as well as Upper Beeding comprise, 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 individuals lived in 2,530 families, of whom 2,747 were financially energetic. In Steyning there is accessibility to a selection of facilities including 4 pubs, the award-winning Steyning Tea Areas, 4 estate representatives as well as barclays financial institution. There is a recreation centre, which was constructed with National Lotto financing. It has a modern health and wellness centre, a town library as well as the Steyning Museum. A spring fair is hung on the Spring bank holiday (the last Monday in May), The Monarch's Way long-distance footpath skirts the southerly end of the community.