West Runton Cliffs
West Runton Cliffs is a 17.8-hectare (44-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Sheringham in Norfolk. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.
| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
| Location | Norfolk |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | TG 187 431 |
| Interest | Geological |
| Area | 17.8 hectares (44 acres) |
| Notification | 1984 |
| Location map | Magic Map |
This site is important because it exposes a succession of warm and cold stages in the middle Pleistocene between about 2 million and 400,000 years ago, including the notably fossiliferous Cromer Forest Bed. It shows a succession of advances and retreats of the sea, and it is the stratotype for the Cromerian Stage.
The beach is open to the public.
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