Iford /ˈaɪfərd/ is a village and civil parish in the Lewes District of East Sussex, England.

To the east (and on the other side of the River Ouse) is the Glynde parish and to the far west, over the South Downs, is Brighton and Hove.

The Greenwich meridian runs through the village which is marked by a sundial, provided for by a Millennium Commission Lottery Fund grant.

It has an unusual arrangement of nave and chancel separated by the tower, possibly formerly at the crossing, though transepts and a north aisle have been demolished.

Its principle enterprises are still the production of cereals and beef, but it also has a range of properties and leisure facilities, which includes shooting, fishing lakes, light aircraft and luxury accommodation.

The Brooks support a wide diversity of invertebrates, with water beetles (Coleoptera) being particularly well represented.

It once had a barrow field, including a cluster of small Saxon tumps, but it has been intensively farmed since the war, ploughed and sprayed with agro-chemicals.

The slopes of Iford Hill are part of a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest.

However, it is sun-soaked and south facing Access land and in July the turf can be spangled pyramidal orchids, rampion and harebells.

When the sun is low you can see bold prehistoric field lynchets at the head of the Whiteway combe (TQ 391 052), and back towards Highdole in the Rodmell parish, as well as up the dean around Long Bottom.

It was damaged by agro-chemicals at its western end, but the middle and eastern end are intact, with lots of butterflies, including small heath, chalkhill blue, common blue and marbled white, and lots of old Down pasture herbs.

Its slopes were ploughed during the 20th century and received agrochemicals unlike the treasured and protected valleys at Castle Hill, which lie to the west of Balsdean.

[9] The valleyside east of Balsdean (TQ 382 058), has a scallop-shaped site on its steepest part which retains its aboriginal vegetation, but it has had no grazing for many years and so has become overgrown with tor grass and encroaching thorn.

Where the sheep can go, the flowers follow and horseshoe vetch, fragrant and spotted orchids and powder-blue chalk milkwort thrive here.

The election on 4 May 2007 elected a Liberal Democrat[12] East Sussex County Council is the next tier of government, for which Iford is within the Newhaven and Ouse Valley West division, with responsibility for Education, Libraries, Social Services, Civil Registration, Trading Standards and Transport.

The Liberal Democrat Norman Baker served as the constituency MP from 1997 until 2015, when Conservative Maria Caulfield was elected.

Prior to Brexit in 2020, the village was part of the South East England constituency in the European Parliament.