Rye Harbour SSSI, Rye

Name: Rye Harbour SSSI
Address: Rye, United Kingdom

#19 among attractions in Rye

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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 Peninsular, the lower Rother Valley and the Pett Levels. ()

Elevation: 7 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 50°55'44"N, 0°45'18"E

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Rye United Kingdom

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Rye Harbour SSSI – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Camber Castle, Lamb House, Sussex Border Path, Rye Castle Museum.

1 miW
Forts and castles
Camber Castle, Rye
25 min walk • Camber Castle, also known formerly as Winchelsea Castle, is a 16th-century Device Fort, built near Rye by King Henry VIII to protect the Sussex coast of England against French attack.
1.7 miNW
Museum, History museum, Historical place
Lamb House, Rye
45 min walk • Lamb House is a Grade II* listed 18th-century house situated in Rye, East Sussex, England, and in the ownership of the National Trust. The house is run as a writer's house museum. It has been the home of many writers, including Henry James from 1897 to 1914, and later E.F. Benson.
1.8 miNW
Hiking, Hiking trail
Sussex Border Path, Rye
46 min walk • The Sussex Border Path is a long-distance footpath around the borders of Sussex, a historic county and former medieval kingdom in southern England.
1.8 miNW
Museum, History museum, Forts and castles
Rye Castle Museum, Rye
46 min walk • Rye Castle, also known as Ypres Tower, was built in the 13th or 14th centuries, and is situated in Rye, East Sussex, England. It is a Grade I listed building and has been scheduled as an ancient monument.
1.3 miE
Beach
Camber Sands
34 min walk • Camber Sands is a beach in East Sussex, UK, in the village of Camber, near Rye. It is the only sand dune system in East Sussex, and is east of the estuary of the River Rother at Rye Bay stretching 3 miles to just beyond the Kent border, where shingle and pebbles take over again.
1.8 miNW
Nightlife
The Olde Bell, Rye
47 min walk • The Olde Bell inn, also known as Ye Olde Bell, is a Grade II listed historical inn in Rye, East Sussex. It was built in 1390. It has a turbulent history and was once used for smuggling, connected by a secret tunnel with the nearby Mermaid Inn to the south.
1.7 miNW
Church, Romanesque architecture
St Anthony of Padua, Rye
44 min walk • St Anthony of Padua Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Rye, East Sussex, England. It was constructed from 1927 to 1929 and replaced a church built in 1900. It is situated on Watchbell Street to the south of Lamb House. It is served by the Conventual Franciscans and is a Grade II listed building.
1.8 miNW
Museum, Art gallery
Rye Pottery, Rye
46 min walk • The Rye Pottery is a pottery in Rye, East Sussex, England, known as the Cadborough Pottery or "Rye Pottery" from its beginnings in c. 1834 to 1876, and Belle Vue Pottery from 1869 until it closed in 1939. It was revived as the "Rye pottery" in 1947 by the brothers Walter and John Cole, who became known for their tinglazed wares.
5.8 miNE
Church
St Augustine's Church
149 min walk • St Augustine's Church is a Grade I listed Anglican church in the village of Brookland, Kent, in Walland Marsh, about 5 miles north-east of Rye, East Sussex. It was originally built about 1250. It has the unusual feature that the bell tower is separate from the rest of the church.
5.7 miNW
Park
Flatropers Wood, High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
147 min walk • Flatropers Wood is a 38-hectare nature reserve in Rye in East Sussex. It is managed by the Sussex Wildlife Trust. The wood is mainly oak and birch, but there are also areas of sweet chestnut and former plantations of Scots pine and beech.
1.8 miNW
Nightlife
The Mermaid Inn, Rye
45 min walk • The Mermaid Inn is a Grade II* listed historical inn located on Mermaid Street in the ancient town of Rye, East Sussex, southeastern England. One of the best-known inns in southeast England, it was established in the 12th century and has a long, turbulent history.