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Rye Harbour Discovery Centre – Rye Harbour Nature Reserve loop from Rye Harbour

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Rye Harbour Discovery Centre – Rye Harbour Nature Reserve loop from Rye Harbour

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Rye Harbour Discovery Centre – Rye Harbour Nature Reserve loop from Rye Harbour

02:10

8.62km

10m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 23, 2026

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143 m

View of Rye Harbour Nature Reserve

Highlight • Lake

Yes, in the Rye Harbor Nuture Reserve there are always fantastic views into the distance, whether over the North Sea, over to Dungeness or Fairlight, over the lakes of the gravel quarry or to Rye.

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674 m

Rye Harbour Discovery Centre

Highlight • Cafe

Rye Harbour Nature Reserve is one of the largest and most important wildlife sites in England, set in an exceptional coastal and wetland landscape and home to more than 4,355 species of plants and animals including 300 that are rare or endangered.
rye.sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserve

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833 m

Red-Roofed Hut, Rye Harbour

Highlight • Historical Site

Red Hut is a landmark near the mouth of the River Rother on the Rye Harbour and nature reserve side. It has featured in many paintings and photographs over the years. It was first built in the early 1900s and was used to store fishing and shrimping equipment. It was also known as Gran’s Hut by the grandchildren of the woman who owned it.

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894 m

Rye Harbour Nature Reserve

Highlight • Beach

Rye Harbour Nature Reserve is located on the site of former gravel pits. The gravel was mainly used for the production of concrete and for road construction. Today, a large number of different birds flock here as the seasons change. Some birds are loyal to their location, most are migratory. There is also a lot to offer plant lovers, as there are various habitats. Water-loving plants, plants that tolerate drought in gravel and plants for alternating wet and dry locations can be found.

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912 m

View of Fairlight from Rye Harbour

Highlight • Beach

1.12 km

View of Camber Sands and Rye Bay

Highlight • Beach

You have lovely views across to Camber Sands from here. Camber Sands is a popular beach with great sand dunes to explore, but it is obviously on the other side of the Rother River if you want to get there. There is a parking area here too, so you can walk to the headland to have a look out over Rye Bay, walk on the shingle beach when the tide is out, or explore some of the old pillbox fortifications in the area.

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2.59 km

Rye Harbour Beach

Highlight • Natural

The beach at Rye Harbor offers distant views as far as Dungeness Nuclear Power Station and Fairlight. The rolling pebbles make a typical clicking noise at high tide, and at low tide you can walk far out on the sandbanks. Birds can always be observed. Rye Harbor Nature Reserve begins just behind the beach.

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2.94 km

View of Dungeness Nuclear Power Station

Highlight • Viewpoint

You‘ll love it or hate it: the Rye shingle landscape in the front and the dark, abandoned siluette of the old power house of an old nuclear power station.
To find out more about the site you may look here: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeness_nuclear_power_stations

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4.60 km

Beach

8.62 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.89 km

3.55 km

108 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

3.11 km

2.49 km

1.83 km

959 m

237 m

Elevation

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Sunday 12 July

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Rye Harbour Discovery Centre – Rye Harbour Nature Reserve loop from Rye Harbour

View of Rye Harbour Nature Reserve

Rye Harbour Discovery Centre

Red-Roofed Hut, Rye Harbour

Rye Harbour Nature Reserve

View of Fairlight from Rye Harbour

View of Camber Sands and Rye Bay

Rye Harbour Beach

View of Dungeness Nuclear Power Station

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