Where is Rye Harbour Nature Reserve?

Rye Harbour Nature Reserve is in East Sussex, South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode TN31 7QZ), in the parish of Icklesham.

How do I get to Rye Harbour Nature Reserve?

The nearest railway station is Rye, about 3.1 km away. Drivers can use postcode TN31 7QZ.

Is Rye Harbour Nature Reserve a listed building?

Rye Harbour Nature Reserve is officially recognised as Site of Special Scientific Interest listed.

Is Rye Harbour Nature Reserve a protected site?

Yes — Rye Harbour Nature Reserve is part of the Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the High Weald National Landscape (AONB).

Is Rye Harbour Nature Reserve free to visit?

Yes, Rye Harbour Nature Reserve is free to enter.

How do I get to Rye Harbour Nature Reserve?

The nearest railway station is Rye, about 3.1 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode TN31 7QZ.

Are dogs allowed at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve?

Most wildlife reserves allow dogs on lead only, with restrictions during ground-nesting bird season (March-July). Check signage at the reserve.

Wildlife reserves · South East England

Rye Harbour Nature Reserve

In or near Icklesham.

Free admission🐾 Dog-friendly

Rye Harbour Nature Reserve — nature reserve in United Kingdom.

Rye Harbour Nature Reserve, wildlife reserves in East Sussex — Wikimedia Commons contributors — see linked file page for photographer and licence licence

Plan your visit

Typical visit: 2 h–4 h
Best time of year: Autumn & winter (migration & wildfowl)
Nearest railway station: Rye · 3.1 km

Free entry
Dog-friendly

Getting there & planning your visit

To visit Rye Harbour Nature Reserve, the nearest railway station is Rye, located 3.1 km away. The postcode for sat-nav is TN31 7QZ, and entry to the reserve is free.

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Rye Harbour Nature Reserve is a wildlife reserve in the United Kingdom. Heritage designation: Site of Special Scientific Interest. Wikidata describes it as: "nature reserve in United Kingdom". Coordinates: 50.9290°, 0.7550°.

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Protected designations

Site of Special Scientific Interest: Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay SSSI
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: High Weald
Ramsar wetland: Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay

Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.

From the Wikipedia article

Rye Harbour Site of Special Scientific Interest is a nature reserve located on the western side of the mouth of the River Rother at Rye Harbour, about 1 mile downstream from Rye East Sussex. It forms part of a wide network of SSSI's on the Kent-Sussex border that include the Romney & Walland Marsh, the Dungeness Peninsula, the lower Rother Valley and the Pett Levels. It is a complicated site of both biological and geological interest. Varied habitats of shingle, saltmarsh and intertidal muds host a wide variety of flora and fauna. It forms the second largest area of shingle habitat in southern England, only surpassed in area by Dungeness. A much larger area is designated as the Rye Harbour Local Nature Reserve. The Natural England citation for the site covers an area of 761 hectares, but the details page and map cover a small area of 5.6 hectares north of the nature reserve. The area covered by the map may have been transferred to the Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay SSSI, but the citations are for the old SSSIs.

Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.

Coordinates: 50.9290, 0.7550
County: East Sussex
District: Rother
Parish: Icklesham
Postcode: TN31 7QZ
Parliamentary constituency: Hastings and Rye
Nearest railway station: Rye — 3.1 km
Official site: rye.sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk

Sources

wikidata: Q24661247 (CC0)
wikipedia: Rye Harbour SSSI (CC BY-SA 4.0)
commons: Ternery Pool from the Parkes Hide - geograph.org.uk - 42402.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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