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Hunstanton Cliffs

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Hunstanton Cliffs
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Hunstanton Cliffs is a 4.6-hectare (11-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hunstanton in Norfolk, England.[1][2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site.[3][4]

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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.[5]

There is public access to the beach.

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