West Runton Cliffs

West Runton Cliffs

Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location	Norfolk, England
Grid reference	TG 187 431 [1]
Interest	Geological
Area	17.8 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.

References

1. "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.

52°56′28″N1°15′11″E / 52.941°N 1.253°E / 52.941; 1.253