Dee Cliffs

Dee Cliffs
Site of Special Scientific Interest

Shown within Merseyside
Area of Search	Merseyside
Grid reference	SJ238832
Coordinates	53°20′35″N 3°09′04″W / 53.343°N 3.151°W / 53.343; -3.151Coordinates: 53°20′35″N 3°09′04″W / 53.343°N 3.151°W / 53.343; -3.151
Interest	Geological
Area	14.39 hectares, 35.55 acres (143,900 m²)
Notification	1979 / 1983
Natural England website

Dee Cliffs (SSSI) is an area of cliffs on the eastern side of the Dee Estuary and to the west of Thurstaston on the Wirral Peninsula, England.

The area contains the best known example of clay cliff and bank habitat in Merseyside. The area also has some marl pits, which have a rich flora and fauna and an area of herb-rich neutral grassland.

Gallery

Cliff face at Thurstaston.
Coastal erosion.
Boulder deposition.
Boulder clay at Thurstaston.

References

"Dee Cliffs citation sheet" (PDF). English Nature.

Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Merseyside

Dee Cliffs Dee Estuary Dibbinsdale Hesketh Golf Links Heswall Dales Meols Meadows Mersey Narrows New Ferry North Wirral Foreshore Red Rocks Ribble Estuary Sefton Coast Stanley Bank Meadow The Dungeon Thurstaston Common

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