South Thames Estuary and Marshes

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South Thames Estuary and Marshes is one of 85 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Kent. Only one of the county's SSSIs is larger. Medway Estuary and Marshes and Benfleet and Southend Marshes are among the SSSIs within 2.1 km. Higham Station is under a kilometre away.

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