{{Short description|Biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Sheringham, Norfolk}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox SSSI |image= Chalk below Beeston Bump (geograph 5555802).jpg |image_caption = |name= Beeston Cliffs |aos= Norfolk, England |interest=Biological<br>Geological |gridref={{gbmappingsmall|TG 169 433}}<ref name=dsv/> |area= {{convert|10.3|ha|acre|abbr=off}}<ref name=dsv/> |notifydate= 1985<ref name=dsv/> |map=[https://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271001344%27 ''Magic Map''] }} '''Beeston Cliffs''' is a {{convert| 10.3 |ha|acre|abbr=off |adj=on }} biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Sheringham in Norfolk, England.<ref name=dsv>{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1001344&SiteName=&countyCode=29&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Beeston Cliffs| series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date =24 October 2018}}</ref><ref name=map>{{cite web|url=https://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271001344%27 |title=Map of Beeston Cliffs|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date= 24 October 2018}}</ref> It is a Geological Conservation Review site.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=4174&gcr=610 |title= Beeston (Quaternary of East Anglia) |series=Geological Conservation Review |publisher=Joint Nature Conservation Committee|access-date= 25 May 2018}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1001344.pdf |title=Beeston Cliffs citation|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date= 24 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stratigraphy.org/upload/QuaternaryChart1.JPG|title=Global chronostratigraphical correlation table for the last 2.7 million years|publisher=International Commission on Stratigraphy|access-date =24 October 2018}}</ref>
There is public access to the site.
== Land ownership == All land within Beeston Cliffs SSSI is owned by the local authority<ref>{{Cite web |title=Written questions and answers - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament |url=https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2014-11-17/214414/ |access-date=2025-12-30 |website=questions-statements.parliament.uk |language=en}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}} {{commons category|Beeston Cliffs}} {{coord| 52.943|1.227 |type:landmark_region:GB-BNE|display=title}} {{SSSIs Norfolk }}
{{Authority control}}{{England-SSSI-stub}} Category:Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Norfolk Category:Geological Conservation Review sites