West Runton Cliffs

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West Runton Cliffs
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Cliffs at West Runton Beach - geograph.org.uk - 794779.jpg
Location Norfolk, England
Grid reference TG 187 431 [1]
InterestGeological
Area17.8 hectares (44 acres) [1]
Notification 1984 [1]
Location map Magic Map

West Runton Cliffs is a 17.8-hectare (44-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Sheringham in Norfolk, England. [1] [2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site. [3] [4]

This site is important because it exposes a succession of warm and cold stages in the middle Pleistocene between about 2 million and 400,000 years ago, including the notably fossiliferous Cromer Forest Bed. It shows a succession of advances and retreats of the sea, and it is the stratotype for the Cromerian Stage. [5]

The beach is open to the public.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: West Runton Cliffs". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  2. ↑ "Map of West Runton Cliffs". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "West Runton (Pleistocene Vertebrata)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  4. ↑ "West Runton (Quaternary of East Anglia)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "West Runton Cliffs citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 22 June 2018.

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