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Rye Harbour Discovery Centre – Winchelsea Beach loop from Rye Harbour

Rye Harbour Discovery Centre – Winchelsea Beach loop from Rye Harbour

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Rye Harbour Discovery Centre – Winchelsea Beach loop from Rye Harbour

00:45

12.3km

10m

Road cycling

Easy road ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

Last updated: May 28, 2026

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819 m

Rye Harbour Discovery Centre

Highlight • Cafe

Rye Harbour Nature Reserve is one of the largest and most important wildlife sites in England, set in an exceptional coastal and wetland landscape and home to more than 4,355 species of plants and animals including 300 that are rare or endangered.
rye.sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserve

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1.02 km

View of Fairlight from Rye Harbour

Highlight • Beach

1.23 km

View of Camber Sands and Rye Bay

Highlight • Beach

You have lovely views across to Camber Sands from here. Camber Sands is a popular beach with great sand dunes to explore, but it is obviously on the other side of the Rother River if you want to get there. There is a parking area here too, so you can walk to the headland to have a look out over Rye Bay, walk on the shingle beach when the tide is out, or explore some of the old pillbox fortifications in the area.

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1.54 km

Old Barn, Rye Harbour Nature Reserve

Highlight (Segment) • Structure

Rye Harbor Nature Reserve is one of the largest and most important nature reserves in England, set in exceptional coastal and wetland scenery and home to over 4,355 species of plants and animals, including 300 that are rare or endangered.
rye.sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserve

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5.90 km

Winchelsea Beach

Highlight (Segment) • Natural

Winchelsea Beach is a small, rural resort in East Sussex, about ten miles east of Hastings and 1.5 miles south east of Winchelsea. The beach is made up of shingle at high tide and sand and mud at low tide. It faces Rye Bay, the estuary of the River Rother. The beach is popular for activities such as kayaking, jet-skiing, sailing and wind surfing.

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8.28 km

Rye Harbour shingle habitat

Highlight • Natural

Shingle habitat is a rare and specialized type of coastal environment, made up of pebbles and stones that support a variety of plant and animal life. Rye Harbour is one of the largest and most diverse shingle habitats in southern England, with over 1000 hectares of shingle, saltmarsh, lagoons and grazing marsh. It is also a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and a Local Nature Reserve (LNR) that attracts many birdwatchers and nature lovers.

Some of the plants that grow on shingle are Sea-kale, Sea Pea, Sea Campion and Stonecrops. They have adapted to cope with the harsh conditions of salt spray, high winds, unstable substrate and nutrient-poor soil. They also help to stabilize the shingle and create soil for other plants to colonize.

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9.56 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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11.3 km

Red-Roofed Hut, Rye Harbour

Highlight • Historical Site

Red Hut is a landmark near the mouth of the River Rother on the Rye Harbour and nature reserve side. It has featured in many paintings and photographs over the years. It was first built in the early 1900s and was used to store fishing and shrimping equipment. It was also known as Gran’s Hut by the grandchildren of the woman who owned it.

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12.3 km

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Camper Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

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9.00 km

3.24 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

7.21 km

3.99 km

1.08 km

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Monday 13 July

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Rye Harbour Discovery Centre – Winchelsea Beach loop from Rye Harbour

Rye Harbour Discovery Centre

View of Fairlight from Rye Harbour

View of Camber Sands and Rye Bay

Old Barn, Rye Harbour Nature Reserve

Winchelsea Beach

Rye Harbour shingle habitat

Rye Harbour Beach

Red-Roofed Hut, Rye Harbour

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