Corton Cliffs

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Corton Cliffs
Site of Special Scientific Interest
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Location Suffolk
Grid reference TM 546 967 [1]
InterestGeological
Area5.5 hectares [1]
Notification 1987 [1]
Location map Magic Map

Corton Cliffs is a 5.5-hectare (14-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Lowestoft in Suffolk. [1] [2] [3] It is a Geological Conservation Review site. [4]

This is described by Natural England as a "nationally important" site, as it is the type locality for the Anglian glaciation around 450,000 years ago. The Anglian was the most extreme ice age of the Pleistocene epoch. The site displays the complete Anglian sequence and its relation to the preceding Cromerian stage. [5]

Below the site is a public beach. Corton Beach was designated a naturist beach in the 1970s. [6] [7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Corton Cliffs". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  2. ↑ "Site of special scientific interest - Corton Cliffs". data.gov.uk. Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
  3. ↑ "Map of Corton Cliffs". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  4. ↑ "Corton (Quaternary of East Anglia)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  5. ↑ "Corton Cliffs citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  6. ↑ "Naturists' anger at council attempt to ban 'lewd' naked sunbathing" . The Daily Telegraph. 23 February 2025. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
  7. ↑ "Corton Sands - near Lowesoft". Saturday Walkers Club. Retrieved 23 February 2025.

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