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Hunstanton Cliffs
Site of Special Scientific Interest
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Area of Search Norfolk
Interest Biological
Geological
Area 4.6 hectares (11 acres)
Notification 1984
Location map Magic Map

Hunstanton Cliffs is a 4.6-hectare (11-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hunstanton in Norfolk. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.

These eroding cliffs expose a mid-Cretaceous sequence from the Albian to the succeeding Cenomanian around 100 million years ago, with exceptionally rich Albian ammonite fossils. Biological interest is provided by a colony of breeding fulmars on the cliff face.

There is public access to the beach.

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