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Medway Estuary and Marshes

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Medway Estuary and Marshes is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Kent of 47 km². The county has 85 Sites of Special Scientific Interest; this is one. Only two of the county's SSSIs are larger.

The nearest railway station, Swale, is under a kilometre away. Other SSSIs nearby include South Thames Estuary and Marshes, Queendown Warren and Purple Hill.

More places to visit near Medway Estuary and Marshes

Photo of the Isle of Sheppey, an island in Kent, south east England.Highlight

Isle of Sheppey

Island near Faversham

Thames Estuary island with Minster Abbey, clay cliffs full of fossils, the Elmley marshes' birds and Leysdown's beaches

adjoining

Photo along the King Charles III England Coast Path, a 2,700-mile National Trail in England.

King Charles III England Coast Path

National Trail

One path around a whole country — beach, clifftop and seawall the entire way round England's coast, opening stretch by stretch.

adjoining · spans 24 counties

Photo of Rochester, a village in Kent, south east England.Highlight

Rochester

Village

Medway city of a Norman keep and cathedral, its High Street thick with Dickens associations.

3.6 km W · Kent

Photo of Rochester Castle, a ruined castle in Kent, south east England.Highlight

Rochester Castle

Castle near Rochester

Norman keep beside England's second-oldest cathedral.

3.7 km W

Photo of Rochester Cathedral, a cathedral in Kent, south east England.Highlight

Rochester Cathedral

Cathedral near Rochester

Seat of England's second-oldest bishopric, founded in 604, with a Norman west front and a large crypt, across the green from the castle.

3.7 km W

Photo of the Kent Downs, a National Landscape in Kent, south east England.Highlight

Kent Downs

National Landscape near Charing

Chalk hills, ancient woods and orchards, ending in the white cliffs above the Channel

3.7 km S