Sandwich Bay to Hacklinge Marshes

Sandwich Bay to Hacklinge Marshes is a 1,790.1-hectare (4,423-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest which stretches between Deal and Sandwich in Kent.^[1][2] It includes two Geological Conservation Review sites,^[3][4] and most of it is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I.^[5] Part of it is a Ramsar site,^[6] a Special Area of Conservation,^[7][8] a Special Protection Area^[9] and a National Nature Reserve,^[10][11] It also includes a Kent Wildlife Trust nature reserve^[12] and a Local Nature Reserve,^[13]

Sandwich Bay to Hacklinge Marshes

Site of Special Scientific Interest
Pegwell Bay
Location	Kent
Grid reference	TR 352 592[1]
Interest	Biological Geological
Area	1,790.1 hectares (4,423 acres)[1]
Notification	1993[1]
Location map	Magic Map

This site has over 30 plant species and 168 invertebrates which are nationally rare and nationally scarce, and several wintering birds are present in nationally important numbers. It is also a geologically important site, with diverse fish fossils dating to the Thanetian around 57 million years ago.^[14]