Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
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Location | Norfolk |
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Grid reference | TF 676 420 [1] |
Interest | Biological Geological |
Area | 4.6 hectares (11 acres) [1] |
Notification | 1984 [1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Hunstanton Cliffs is a 4.6-hectare (11-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hunstanton in Norfolk. [1] [2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site. [3] [4]
These eroding cliffs expose a mid- Cretaceous sequence from the Albian to the succeeding Cenomanian around 100 million years ago, with exceptionally rich Albian ammonite fossils. Biological interest is provided by a colony of breeding fulmars on the cliff face. [5]
There is public access to the beach.