Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Location | Norfolk |
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Grid reference | TG 114 430 [1] |
Interest | Geological |
Area | 0.7 hectares (1.7 acres) [1] |
Notification | 1984 [1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Weybourne Town Pit is a 0.7-hectare (1.7-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Sheringham in Norfolk. [1] [2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site [3] and it is in the Norfolk Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. [4]
This is the Type locality for the Pleistocene 'Marly Drift'. This is a chalk-rich glacial till thought to have been deposited during the Anglian stage around 450,000 years ago, but its relationship to other deposits in the area is disputed. [5]
There is access to the site from Sheringham Road.