Hunstanton Cliffs facts for kids
Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Area of Search | Norfolk |
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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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