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Beeston Cliffs
Beeston Cliffs
is a biological and
geological
Site of Special Scientific Interest
in
Sheringham
in
Norfolk
. It is a
Geological Conservation Review
site.
This is the
type site
for the
Beestonian stage
of the
Early Pleistocene
, between around 1.8 and 0.8
million years ago
. It has both
marine
and
freshwater
deposits. There is a nationally
rare plant
,
purple broomrape
, in
calcareous grassland
on the
clifftop
.
There is
public access
to the site.