Church Road to the Swale Estuary - Oare Marshes.
Kent Coast Path: Oare Marshes Circular
Explore a tranquil nature reserve on this North Kent circular walk.
Explore this tranquil nature reserve managed by the Kent Wildlife Trust on this North Kent circular walk. It is an area of over 200 acres, with freshwater dykes, open water ‘scrapes’, sea-wall and saltmarshes. It is part of the Swale Site of Special Scientific Interest and is an internationally important wetland because of the migratory, overwintering and breeding wetland birds it supports.
Begin this short walk in the quaint village of Oare, where boatbuilding and fishing have been a way of life for centuries. As you follow the creek as it twists and turns towards the coast you will pass by small shipwrecks and mudflats.
Continue further to enter the wildlife reserve and discover the true wildness of the marshes. Reach the conveniently placed Sea Wall Hide on the corner of the marshes. Take some time to rest, be still and peer out of the hide out onto the sea to spot migrating sea birds
Church Road to the Swale Estuary - Oare Marshes.
Kent Coast Path: Oare Marshes Circular
Explore a tranquil nature reserve on this North Kent circular walk.
Explore this tranquil nature reserve managed by the Kent Wildlife Trust on this North Kent circular walk. It is an area of over 200 acres, with freshwater dykes, open water ‘scrapes’, sea-wall and saltmarshes. It is part of the Swale Site of Special Scientific Interest and is an internationally important wetland because of the migratory, overwintering and breeding wetland birds it supports.
Begin this short walk in the quaint village of Oare, where boatbuilding and fishing have been a way of life for centuries. As you follow the creek as it twists and turns towards the coast you will pass by small shipwrecks and mudflats.
Continue further to enter the wildlife reserve and discover the true wildness of the marshes. Reach the conveniently placed Sea Wall Hide on the corner of the marshes. Take some time to rest, be still and peer out of the hide out onto the sea to spot migrating sea birds