Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Location | Norfolk |
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Grid reference | TG 035 011 [1] |
Interest | Biological |
Area | 36.3 hectares (90 acres) [1] |
Notification | 1985 [1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Sea Mere, Hingham is a 36.3-hectare (90-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest close to the town of Hingham in Norfolk. [1] [2]
The site has a natural circular kettle hole mere which was formed during the Holocene period approximately 10,000 years ago and covers 20 acres (8.1 ha) [3] together with areas of fen, grazing marsh and woodland. The fen has a rich variety of flora including saw sedge, marsh pennywort, yellow loosestrife, yellow iris and the rare green figwort. [4]