Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay

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Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay is a Site of Special Scientific Interest, straddling Kent and East Sussex. The county has 85 Sites of Special Scientific Interest; this is one. None of the SSSIs in the county is larger. It lies within the High Weald National Landscape.

Appledore (Kent) Station is under a kilometre away. Other nature reserves nearby include Rye Harbour and Ham Street Woods.

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