Rye Harbour SSSI

Rye Harbour

Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location within East Sussex
Area of Search	East Sussex
Grid reference	TQ935180
Coordinates	50°55′44″N 0°45′18″E / 50.929°N 0.755°E / 50.929; 0.755Coordinates: 50°55′44″N 0°45′18″E / 50.929°N 0.755°E / 50.929; 0.755
Interest	Biological and Geologial
Area	761.1 ha (1,881 acres)
Notification	1953 (1953)
Natural England website

Rye Harbour Site of Special Scientific Interest is a nature reserve located on the western side of the mouth of the River Rother at Rye Harbour, about 1 mile downstream from Rye East Sussex. It forms part of a wide network of SSSI's on the Kent-Sussex border that include the Romney & Walland Marsh, the Dungeness Peninsular, the lower Rother Valley and the Pett Levels.

It is a complicated site of both biological and geological interest. Varied habitats of shingle, saltmarsh and intertidal muds host a wide variety of flora and fauna. It forms the second largest area of shingle habitat in southern England, only surpassed in area by Dungeness. A much larger area is designated as the Rye Harbour Local Nature Reserve.