| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
 | |
| Location | Kent |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | TR 283 696[1] |
| Interest | Biological Geological |
| Area | 816.9 hectares (2,019 acres)[1] |
| Notification | 1990[1] |
| Location map | Magic Map |
| Designations | |
|---|---|
| Official name | Thanet Coast & Sandwich Bay |
| Designated | 28 July 1994 |
| Reference no. | 664[2] |
Thanet Coast is an 816.9-hectare (2,019-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest which stretches along the coast between Whitstable and RamsgateinKent.[1][3] It is a Geological Conservation Review site,[4] and overlaps two Special Area of Conservations.[5][6] It is also part of a Ramsar Site[7] and a Special Protection Area.[8] Part of it is a Local Nature Reserve,[9]
This site has unstable cliffs and foreshore, saltmarsh, lagoons, woodland and grassland. It has internationally important numbers of wintering birds and three nationally rare invertebrates. It is also an important Palaeocene site and paleobotanical locality.[10]
Natural England divides the Site of Special Scientific Interest into units. The Church Commissioners own some of the land on which unit 10, unit 11 and unit 12 are situated[11]
51°22′48″N 1°16′44″E / 51.380°N 1.279°E / 51.380; 1.279
