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F3 Schedule 3 - Sites of Special Scientific Interest
| Sites of Special Scientific Interest | top |
Sites of Special Scientific Interest, or SSSIs as they are usually known, are areas of land which English Nature has deemed to be of special interest by reason of their flora, fauna or geological or physiographical features. These sites are notified under Sections 28 or 29 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. Previously, these sites were notified under the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949.
| Parish | Title | Notified |
|---|---|---|
| Barton Turf and Neatishead | Alderfen Broad | 1954 |
| Beeston Regis and Sheringham | Sheringham and Beeston Regis Commons | 1961 |
| Beeston Regis | Briton's Lane Gravel Pit | 1985 |
| Beeston Regis ¹ * | Beeston Cliffs | 1985 |
| BIakeney | Bilsey Hill | 1992 |
| Blakenev. Clev-next-the-Sea, Holkham, Kelling. Morston. Salthouse, Stiffkev. Warharn and Wells-next-the-Sea * |
North Norfolk Coast | 1985 |
| Dunton, Falenham. Helhougton, Hempton, Pudding Norton, Raynharn, Ryburgh, Sculthorpe, Stibbard and Tattersett |
River Wensum | 1993 |
| East Runton ¹ * | Cliffs | 1954 |
| East Ruston | East Ruston Common | 1959 |
| Edgefield | Edgefield Little Wood | 1985 |
| Felbrigg | Felbrigg Woods | 1971 |
| Felmingham | Bryants Heath | 1968 |
| Fulmodeston and Swanton Novers | Swanton Novers Woods | 1968 |
| Hanworth and Thorpe Market | Gunton Park Lake | 1986 |
| Happisburgh | Happisburgh Cliffs | 1985 |
| Holt | Holt Lowes | 1954 |
| Horsey * | Winterton - Horsey Dunes | 1954 |
| Kelling | Kelling Heath | 1954 |
| Letheringsett | Glandford (Hurdle Lane) | 1992 |
| Letheringsett | Glandford (Letheringsett Road) | 1992 |
| Morston | Morston Cliff | 1955 |
| Mundesley ¹ * | Mundesley Cliffs | 1954 |
| Overstrand * | Overstrand Cliffs | 1973 |
| Potter Heigham | Upper Thurne Broads and Marshes | 1954 |
| Sidestrand and Trimingham ¹ ² * | Sidestrand to Trimingham Cliffs | 1954 |
| Skeyton, Swanton Abbott and Westwick | Westwick Lakes | 1973 |
| Smallburgh | Smallburgh Fen | 1972 |
| Southrepps | Southrepps Common | 1990 |
| Stiffkey | Cockthorpe Common | 1985 |
| Tattersett | Syderstone Common | 1984 |
| Warham | Warham Camp | 1961 |
| Wells-next-the-Sea | Wells Chalk Pit | 1968 |
| West Runton ¹ * | West Runton Cliffs | 1954 |
| Weybourne and Sheringham ¹ * | Weybourne Cliffs | 1954 |
| Weybourne | Weybourne Town Pit | 1964 |
| Wiveton | Wiveton Downs | 1959 |
¹
For all or part of this site the landward boundary is the cliff top at present and is liable to shift.
²
For all or part of this site the landward boundary is the cliff base at present and is liable to shift.
*
For all or part of this site the seaward boundary is the mean low water mark at present and is liable to shift.
This page was last updated on 14 August 2006.
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