Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
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Location | Norfolk |
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Grid reference | TG 169 433[1] |
Interest | Biological Geological |
Area | 10.3 hectares (25 acres)[1] |
Notification | 1985[1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Beeston Cliffs is a 10.3-hectare (25-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific InterestinSheringhaminNorfolk.[1][2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site.[3]
This is the type site for the Beestonian stage of the Early Pleistocene, between around 1.8 and 0.8 million years ago. It has both marine and freshwater deposits. There is a nationally rare plant, purple broomrape, in calcareous grassland on the clifftop.[4][5]
There is public access to the site.
52°56′35″N 1°13′37″E / 52.943°N 1.227°E / 52.943; 1.227
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