Beeston Cliffs
| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
.jpg) | |
 Location of Beeston Cliffs. | |
| Area of search | Norfolk, England |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | TG 169 433[1] |
| Interest | Biological Geological |
| Area | 10.3 hectares (25 acres)[1] |
| Notification date | 1985[1] |
| Location map | Magic Map |
Beeston Cliffs is a 10.3-hectare (25-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Sheringham in Norfolk, England.[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.
Land ownership
[edit]All land within Beeston Cliffs SSSI is owned by the local authority[6]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Beeston Cliffs". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
- ↑ "Map of Beeston Cliffs". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
- ↑ "Beeston (Quaternary of East Anglia)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- ↑ "Beeston Cliffs citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
- ↑ "Global chronostratigraphical correlation table for the last 2.7 million years". International Commission on Stratigraphy. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
- ↑ "Written questions and answers - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament". questions-statements.parliament.uk. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Beeston Cliffs.
52°56′35″N 1°13′37″E / 52.943°N 1.227°E
 | This article about a Site of Special Scientific Interest in England is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. |