Permit-only Access

A large area of grazing marsh with numerous ditches and pools

nearest town: Eastbourne

highlights: Rare wetland insects and molluscs, the fen raft spider, unusual wetland plants, some breeding waders, many passage and wintering wetland birds.

access: Pevensey Marshes is one the few Trust reserves that is not open to the public. The very open nature of the landscape means that the birds are easily disturbed by any human presence, and so access is restricted to visits by permit for scientific purposes only.

size: 140 hectare

nature reserve map: Nature Reserve guide map (.pdf)

more information:Nature Reserve guide entry (.pdf)

Pevensey Marshes location map