Beeston Cliffs

Beeston Cliffs is a 10.3-hectare (25-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Sheringham in Norfolk, England.^[1][2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site.^[3]

Beeston Cliffs

Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location	Norfolk, England
Grid reference	TG 169 433[1]
Interest	Biological Geological
Area	10.3 hectares (25 acres)[1]
Notification	1985[1]
Location map	Magic Map

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.^[4][5]

There is public access to the site.