Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
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Location | Norfolk |
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Grid reference | TG 381 312 [1] |
Interest | Geological |
Area | 6.1 hectares (15 acres) [1] |
Notification | 1985 [1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Happisburgh Cliffs is a 6.1-hectare (15-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of North Walsham in Norfolk. [1] [2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site. [3]
These cliffs are unique as they display three glacial deposits, from the 1.9 million year old Pre-Pastonian Stage to the Beestonian and the Cromer Tills of the Anglian stage 450,000 years ago, the most severe ice age of the Pleistocene.
The cliffs are above a public beach.
Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
![]() | |
Location | Norfolk |
---|---|
Grid reference | TG 381 312 [1] |
Interest | Geological |
Area | 6.1 hectares (15 acres) [1] |
Notification | 1985 [1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Happisburgh Cliffs is a 6.1-hectare (15-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of North Walsham in Norfolk. [1] [2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site. [3]
These cliffs are unique as they display three glacial deposits, from the 1.9 million year old Pre-Pastonian Stage to the Beestonian and the Cromer Tills of the Anglian stage 450,000 years ago, the most severe ice age of the Pleistocene.
The cliffs are above a public beach.