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Rye Harbour Beach – Rye Harbour Nature Reserve loop from Rye Harbour

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Rye Harbour Beach – Rye Harbour Nature Reserve loop from Rye Harbour

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Rye Harbour Beach – Rye Harbour Nature Reserve loop from Rye Harbour

01:26

5.69km

10m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: February 20, 2026

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2.51 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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2.87 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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3.73 km

Rye Harbour Nature Reserve

Highlight • Trail

This is a wonderful place to hike, with huge skies, five bird watching hides, salt marsh grazing sheep, a visitors centre and cafe.The views across the channel are immense. Do bring a coat though as it can get windy.

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4.15 km

Rye Harbour Nature Reserve

Highlight • Beach

Great gravel. Could lose an afternoon here easily. Picture perfect ride.

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5.51 km

Martello Tower No. 28

Highlight • Monument

There is a car park and a bus stop next to it. The highly recommended pub "William the Conqueror" is very close by. The Rye Harbour Discovery Centre with tea room, information centre and shop is well worth a visit. The light-flooded wooden building is a gem. The extensive nature reserve stretches from the coast to Cumber Castle. It is a paradise for bird lovers and those who want to become one.

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5.55 km

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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5.69 km

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Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.22 km

1.10 km

316 m

Surfaces

1.66 km

1.32 km

1.30 km

316 m

< 100 m

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Thursday 7 May

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Rye Harbour Beach – Rye Harbour Nature Reserve loop from Rye Harbour

View of Dungeness Nuclear Power Station

Rye Harbour Beach

Rye Harbour Nature Reserve

Rye Harbour Nature Reserve

Martello Tower No. 28

View of Rye Harbour Nature Reserve

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