List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Norfolk

The following is a list of Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in Norfolk, England. In England the body responsible for designating SSSIs is Natural England, which chooses a site because of its fauna, flora, geological or physiographical features.^[1]

As of May 2014 there were 162 SSSIs within Norfolk. 130 are biological, 29 geological and 3 both biological and geological.^[2]

For other counties, see List of SSSIs by Area of Search.

Sites

Site name	Reason for designation		Area^[F]		Grid reference^[B]^[C]	Year in which notified^[D]	Map^[E]
	Biological interest	Geological interest	Hectares	Acres
Alderfen Broad			20.6	51.0	TG355195	1984	Map
Alderford Common			16.8	41.6	TG129184	1986	Map
Ant Broads and Marshes			742.6	1,834.3	TG362213	1989	Map
Aslacton Parish Land			4.3	10.6	TM156918	1985	Map
Badley Moor			18.1	44.7	TG013117	1986	Map
Barnhamcross Common			67.3	166.2	TL 865813	1986	Map
Bawsey			1.3	3.1	TF680194	1992	Map
Beeston Cliffs			11.0	27.2	TG167434 to TG 171433	1985	Map
Beetley and Hoe Meadows			11.7	28.9	TF 982174 , TF 982174	1985	Map
Bilsey Hill			2.5	6.1	TF023416	1992	Map
Blackborough End Pit			13.5	33.4	TF670145	1993	Map
Blo' Norton and Thelnetham Fen^[A]			21.0	52.0	TM017790	1983	Map
Booton Common			7.8	19.1	TG113230	1984	Map
Boughton Fen			15.0	36.0	TF718015	1983	Map
Bramerton Pits			0.5	1.2	TG295060 , TG298061	1985	Map
Breckland Farmland^[A]			13,335.7	32,953.2	TL 762783	2000	Map
Breckland Forest^[A]			18,078.7	44,673.4	TL819839	2000	Map
Breydon Water			506.5	1,251.5	TG500075	1987	Map
Bridgham & Brettenham Heaths			446.0	1,102.0	TL922865	1982	Map
Briton's Lane Gravel Pit			20.9	51.6	TG 169415	1985	Map
Broad Fen, Dilham			36.6	91.1	TG343255	1983	Map
Broome Heath Pit			5.6	13.9	TM348917	1995	Map
Bryant's Heath, Felmingham			17.6	43.4	TG259294	1985	Map
Bure Broads and Marshes			736.5	1,819.9	TG337166	1991	Map
Burgh Common and Muckfleet Marshes			118.0	291.6	TG440117	1986	Map
Buxton Heath			67.0	165.6	TG175218	1986	Map
Caistor St. Edmund Chalk Pit			23.8	58.8	TG 239048	1985	Map
Calthorpe Broad			43.5	107.4	TG412258	1984	Map
Cantley Marshes			296.0	664.8	TG370040	1997	Map
Castle Acre Common			17.7	43.7	TF802152	1990	Map
Catton Grove Chalk Pit			0.1	0.1	TG229109	1986	Map
Cawston & Marsham Heath			125.7	310.6	TG170235	1986	Map
Cockthorpe Common, Stiffkey			6.9	17.0	TF985430	1984	Map
Coston Fen, Runhall			7.3	18.0	TG062066	1992	Map
Cranberry Rough Hockham			81.4	201.1	TL 934936	1983	Map
Cranwich Camp			12.6	31.2	TL775942		Map
Crostwick Marsh			11.2	27.6	TG263165	1985	Map
Damgate Marshes, Acle			63.9	157.7	TG413097	1993	Map
Decoy Carr, Acle			55.4	136.8	TG405090	1985	Map
Dereham Rush Meadow			20.6	50.9	TF976140	1989	Map
Dersingham Bog			159.1	293.2	TF675289	1986	Map
Didlington Park Lakes			25.9	62.0	TL777963	1983	Map
Dillington Carr, Gressenhall			49.0	121.0	TF971158	1986	Map
Ducan's Marsh, Claxton			3.6	8.8	TG339027	1986	Map
East Harling Common			14.9	37.0	TM000879	1989	Map
East Runton Cliffs			19.7	48.6	TG194430 to TG205427	1985	Map
East Ruston Common			38.3	98.6	TG340280	1986	Map
East Walton and Adcock's Common			62.9	155.4	TF734164	1985	Map
East Winch Common			25.6	63.3	TF702158	1984	Map
East Wretham Heath			141.1	348.6	TL910882	1983	Map
Eaton Chalk Pit			0.2	0.4	TG209064	1986	Map
Edgefield Little Wood			5.5	13.6	TG107342	1985	Map
Elm Road Field, Thetford			5.0	12.4	TL860815	1996	Map
Felbrigg Woods			162.5	401.5	TG196401	1987	Map
Field Barn Heaths, Hilborough			18.6	45.9	TF819017	1987	Map
Flordon Common			10.1	24.8	TM183971	1985	Map
Forncett Meadows			5.4	13.3	TM166926	1985	Map
Foulden Common			136.8	338.0	TF762002	1984	Map
Foxley Wood			122.7	303.2	TG056227	1986	Map
Fritton Common			19.8	48.9	TM224921	1985	Map
Gawdyhall Big Wood, Harleston			30.0	74.1	TM250850	1986	Map
Geldeston Meadows			13.4	33.2	TM396916	1988	Map
Glandford (Hurdle Lane)			7.9	19.5	TG054416	1992	Map
Glandford (Letheringsett Road)			1.0	2.4	TG043411	1992	Map
Gooderstone Warren			22.0	54.2	TF799014	1987	Map
Great Cressingham Fen			13.7	33.8	TF848022	1988	Map
Great Yarmouth North Denes			92.4	228.2	TG533100	1992	Map
Grimes Graves			64.9	160.3	TL815900	1985	Map
Grimston Warren Pit			7.2	17.8	TF673223	1996	Map
Gunton Park Lake			18.4	45.4	TG221345	1986	Map
Hall Farm Fen, Hemsby			9.0	22.2	TG481170	1986	Map
Halvergate Marshes			1,430.1	3,535.4	TG450050	1982	Map
Happisburgh Cliffs			5.9	14.5	TG379314 , TG383311	1985	Map
Hardley Flood			48.1	118.8	TM380997	1990	Map
Heacham Brick Pit			0.9	2.1	TF679364	1984	Map
Hedenham Wood			34.0	84.1	TM314946	1988	Map
Hilgay Heronry			1.8	4.5	TL635992	1985	Map
Hockering Wood			87.7	216.8	TG073144	1984	Map
Holkham Brick Pit			0.4	1.1	TF862428	1984	Map
Holly Farm Meadow, Wendling			2.5	6.2	TF936131	1984	Map
Holt Lowes			49.3	121.8	TG088374	1986	Map
Honeypot Wood, Wendling			9.0	22.3	TF932144	1984	Map
Hooks Well Meadows, Great Cressingham			16.1	39.7	TF838011	1991	Map
Horningtoft Wood			9.0	22.3	TF948238	1985	Map
Horse Wood, Mileham			7.1	17.5	TF922186	1985	Map
Hunstanton Cliffs			4.5	11.1	TF672413 , TF679424	1984	Map
Hunstanton Park Esker			17.1	42.3	TF695409	1990	Map
Islington Heronry			1.2	2.9	TF568189	1984	Map
Kelling Heath			88.2	217.9	TG101420	1986	Map
Kenninghall & Banham Fens With Quidenham Mere			48.9	120.8	TM041875	1985	Map
Leet Hill, Kirby Cane			6.6	16.3	TM381929	1994	Map
Leziate, Sugar and Derby Fens			86.3	213.2	TF703201 , TF693207 , TF702208	1985	Map
Limpenhoe Meadows			11.6	28.7	TG399031	1985	Map
Lower Wood, Ashwellthorpe			36.0	90.0	TM140980	1983	Map
Ludham - Potter Heigham Marshes			99.0	244.6	TG410178	1990	Map
Mattishall Moor			5.5	13.6	TG028116	2001	Map
Middle Harling Fen			12.7	31.3	TL989582	1986	Map
Morston Cliff			0.9	2.1	TF990441	1984	Map
Mundesley Cliffs			28.7	70.9	TG317365 , TG331352	1984	Map
Narborough Railway Embankment			7.9	19.5	TF750118 to TF763101	1989	Map
New Buckenham Common			20.0	49.4	TM094908	1984	Map
North Norfolk Coast			7,700	19,027	TF690443 to TG095440	1986	Map
Old Bodney Camp			32.2	79.5	TL848991	1986	Map
Old Buckenham Fen			34.8	86.0	TM048920	1986	Map
Overstrand Cliffs			57.4	141.9	TG227419 to TG248411		Map
Paston Great Barn			1.0	2.3	TG322344	1999	Map
Poplar Farm Meadows, Langley			7.2	17.9	TG370021	1985	Map
Potter & Scarning Fens, East Dereham			5.5	13.7	TF982120	1984	Map
Potter's Carr, Cranworth			5.7	14.1	TF980041	1986	Map
Priory Meadows, Hickling			24.0	59.3	TG417254	1986	Map
Pulham Market Big Wood			4.7	11.6	TM205896	1986	Map
Redgrave and Lopham Fen^[A]			142.9	308.7	TM050797	1985	Map
Ringstead Downs			7.0	17.3	TF691401	1986	Map
River Nar			233.4	576.8	TF897198 to TF622184	1992	Map
River Wensum			393.3	971.9	TF942246 to TG250078	1993	Map
Rosie Curston's Meadow, Mattishall			2.3	5.8	TG041124	1994	Map
Roydon Common			194.1	479.6	TF685225	1984	Map
Scoulton Mere			33.7	83.2	TF985014	1984	Map
Sea Mere, Hingham			36.3	89.6	TG035012	1985	Map
Setchey			32.0	79.2	TF633132	1993	Map
Sexton Wood			37.6	92.8	TM299916	1983	Map
Shallam Dyke Marshes, Thurne			70.4	173.9	TG399165	1986	Map
Shelfanger Meadows			10.7	26.4	TM110828	1988	Map
Sheringham and Beeston Regis Commons			24.0	59.3	TG164424	1985	Map
Shotesham Common			19.6	48.4	TM241998	1987	Map
Shotesham-woodton Hornbeam Woods			40.9	101.0	TM253975 , TM258948 , TM249978, TM268944	1988	Map
Sidestrand and Trimingham Cliffs			67	168	TG252408 to TG305375	1993	Map
Smallburgh Fen			7.3	18.0	TG327246	1985	Map
Snettisham Carstone Quarry			10.6	26.2	TF685349	1984	Map
Southrepps Common			15.3	13.1	TG261350	1990	Map
St James' Pit			3.3	8.1	TG242094	1995	Map
Stanford Training Area			4,681.1	11,567.2	TL870940	1985	Map
Stanley and Alder Carrs, Aldeby			43.5	107.4	TM434928	1986	Map
Stiffkey Valley			44.3	109.5	TF982433	2002	Map
Swangey Fen, Attleborough			82.3	203.3	TM 15932	1984	Map
Swannington Upgate Common			20.0	49.5	TG148181	1985	Map
Swanton Novers Woods			83.4	206.0	TF987328 , TG008333 , TG015313 , TG007316	1988	Map
Sweetbriar Road Meadows, Norwich			9.5	23.6	TG208097	1986	Map
Syderstone Common			42.5	105.0	TF 834315	1983	Map
The Brinks, Northwold			16.3	40.3	TL756954	1996	Map
The Wash^[G]			63,135	156,006	TF550400	1983	Map
Thetford Golf Course & Marsh			119.6	295.5	TL 845838	1985	Map
Thompson Water, Carr and Common			156.0	385.5	TL930955	1988	Map
Tindall Wood, Ditchingham			41.0	101.3	TM327935	1988	Map
Trinity Broads			314.5	777.1	TG455133 to TG477168	1988	Map
Upper Thurne Broads and Marshes			1,159.1	2,864.2	TG430210	1988	Map
Upton Broad & Marshes			194.0	479.3	TG390137	1986	Map
Warham Camp			5.0	12.4	TF944409	1984	Map
Wayland Wood, Watton			33	81	TL925996	1983	Map
Weeting Heath			140.8	348.0	TL757884	1987	Map
Wells Chalk Pit			5.7	14.0	TF929429	14.0	Map
West Runton Cliffs			17.6	43.4	TG183432 , TG192430	1984	Map
Westwick Lakes			9.6	23.6	TG273274	1985	Map
Weybourne Cliffs			39.8	98.3	TG111437 to TG152435	1985	Map
Weybourne Town Pit			0.6	1.5	TG114431	1983	Map
Whitwell Common			19.2	47.4	TG088206	1984	Map
Wiggenhall St Germans			5.1	12.6	TF588139	1992	Map
Winterton Dunes and Horsey Dunes			427.2	1,055.6	TG490210	1989	Map
Wiveton Downs			0.6	1.5	TG023433	1992	Map
Wretham Park Meres			27.5	67.9	TL 902918	1989	Map
Wretton			19.9	49.1	TL685992	1985	Map
Yare Broads and Marshes			735.8	1,818.2	TG330063	1988	Map

Notes

^A Partly in Suffolk.

^B Grid reference is based on the British national grid reference system, also known as OSGB36, and is the system used by the Ordnance Survey.^[3]

^C Those SSSIs with more than one OS grid reference are composed of multiple sections, separated by non-SSSI land.^[3]

^D Site notification consists of designating a site as an SSSI and consulting with the owner(s). This list uses the date notified under Section 28 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.

^E Link to maps using the Magic Map service provided by Natural England.

^F Data rounded to one decimal place (except where only whole numbers are supplied).

^G Partly in Lincolnshire.

References

1. How are SSSIs designated, Natural England. Retrieved 2013-01-18.
2. Search results for Norfolk, Natural England. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
   • "Alderfen Broad" (PDF).
   • "Alderford Common" (PDF).
   • "Ant Broads And Marshes" (PDF).
   • "Aslacton Parish Land" (PDF).
   • "Badley Moor" (PDF).
   • "Barnhamcross Common" (PDF).
   • "Bawsey" (PDF).
   • "Beeston Cliffs" (PDF).
   • "Beetley & Hoe Meadows" (PDF).
   • "Bilsey Hill" (PDF).
   • "Blackborough End Pit" (PDF).
   • "Blo' Norton And Thelnetham Fen" (PDF).
   • "Booton Common" (PDF).
   • "Boughton Fen" (PDF).
   • "Bramerton Pits" (PDF).
   • "Breckland Farmland" (PDF).
   • "Breckland Forest" (PDF).
   • "Breydon Water" (PDF).
   • "Bridgham & Brettenham Heaths" (PDF).
   • "Briton's Lane Gravel Pit" (PDF).
   • "Broad Fen, Dilham" (PDF).
   • "Broome Heath Pit" (PDF).
   • "Bryant's Heath, Felmingham" (PDF).
   • "Bure Broads And Marshes" (PDF).
   • "Burgh Common And Muckfleet Marshes" (PDF).
   • "Buxton Heath" (PDF).
   • "Caistor St. Edmund Chalk Pit" (PDF).
   • "Calthorpe Broad" (PDF).
   • "Cantley Marshes" (PDF).
   • "Castle Acre Common" (PDF).
   • "Catton Grove Chalk Pit" (PDF).
   • "Cawston & Marsham Heath" (PDF).
   • "Cockthorpe Common, Stiffkey" (PDF).
   • "Coston Fen, Runhall" (PDF).
   • "Cranberry Rough Hockham" (PDF).
   • "Cranwich Camp" (PDF).
   • "Crostwick Marsh" (PDF).
   • "Damgate Marshes, Acle" (PDF).
   • "Decoy Carr, Acle" (PDF).
   • "Dereham Rush Meadow" (PDF).
   • "Dersingham Bog" (PDF).
   • "Didlington Park Lakes" (PDF).
   • "Dillington Carr, Gressenhall" (PDF).
   • "Ducan's Marsh, Claxton" (PDF).
   • "East Harling Common" (PDF).
   • "East Runton Cliffs" (PDF).
   • "East Ruston Common" (PDF).
   • "East Walton And Adcock's Common" (PDF).
   • "East Winch Common" (PDF).
   • "East Wretham Heath" (PDF).
   • "Eaton Chalk Pit" (PDF).
   • "Edgefield Little Wood" (PDF).
   • "Elm Road Field, Thetford" (PDF).
   • "Felbrigg Woods" (PDF).
   • "Field Barn Heaths, Hilborough" (PDF).
   • "Flordon Common" (PDF).
   • "Forncett Meadows" (PDF).
   • "Foulden Common" (PDF).
   • "Foxley Wood" (PDF).
   • "Fritton Common" (PDF).
   • "Gawdyhall Big Wood, Harleston" (PDF).
   • "Geldeston Meadows" (PDF).
   • "Glandford (Hurdle Lane)" (PDF).
   • "Glandford (Letheringsett Road)" (PDF).
   • "Gooderstone Warren" (PDF).
   • "Great Cressingham Fen" (PDF).
   • "Great Yarmouth North Denes" (PDF).
   • "Grime's Graves" (PDF).
   • "Grimston Warren Pit" (PDF).
   • "Gunton Park Lake" (PDF).
   • "Hall Farm Fen, Hemsby" (PDF).
   • "Halvergate Marshes" (PDF).
   • "Happisburgh Cliffs" (PDF).
   • "Hardley Flood" (PDF).
   • "Heacham Brick Pit" (PDF).
   • "Hedenham Wood" (PDF).
   • "Hilgay Heronry" (PDF).
   • "Hockering Wood" (PDF).
   • "Holkham Brick Pit" (PDF).
   • "Holly Farm Meadow, Wendling" (PDF).
   • "Holt Lowes" (PDF).
   • "Honeypot Wood, Wendling" (PDF).
   • "Hooks Well Meadows, Great Cressingham" (PDF).
   • "Horningtoft Wood" (PDF).
   • "Horse Wood, Mileham" (PDF).
   • "Hunstanton Cliffs" (PDF).
   • "Hunstanton Park Esker" (PDF).
   • "Islington Heronry" (PDF).
   • "Kelling Heath" (PDF).
   • "Kenninghall & Banham Fens With Quidenham Mere" (PDF).
   • "Leet Hill, Kirby Cane" (PDF).
   • "Leziate, Sugar And Derby Fens" (PDF).
   • "Limpenhoe Meadows" (PDF).
   • "Lower Wood, Ashwellthorpe" (PDF).
   • "Ludham - Potter Heigham Marshes" (PDF).
   • "Mattishall Moor" (PDF).
   • "Middle Harling Fen" (PDF).
   • "Morston Cliff" (PDF).
   • "Mundesley Cliffs" (PDF).
   • "Narborough Railway Embankment" (PDF).
   • "New Buckenham Common" (PDF).
   • "North Norfolk Coast" (PDF).
   • "Old Bodney Camp" (PDF).
   • "Old Buckenham Fen" (PDF).
   • "Overstrand Cliffs" (PDF).
   • "Paston Great Barn" (PDF).
   • "Poplar Farm Meadows, Langley" (PDF).
   • "Potter & Scarning Fens, East Dereham" (PDF).
   • "Potter's Carr, Cranworth" (PDF).
   • "Priory Meadows, Hickling" (PDF).
   • "Pulham Market Big Wood" (PDF).
   • "Redgrave And Lopham Fens" (PDF).
   • "Ringstead Downs" (PDF).
   • "River Nar" (PDF).
   • "River Wensum" (PDF).
   • "Rosie Curston's Meadow, Mattishall" (PDF).
   • "Roydon Common" (PDF).
   • "Scoulton Mere" (PDF).
   • "Sea Mere, Hingham" (PDF).
   • "Setchey" (PDF).
   • "Sexton Wood" (PDF).
   • "Shallam Dyke Marshes, Thurne" (PDF).
   • "Shelfanger Meadows" (PDF).
   • "Sheringham And Beeston Regis Commons" (PDF).
   • "Shotesham Common" (PDF).
   • "Shotesham-woodton Hornbeam Woods" (PDF).
   • "Sidestrand And Trimingham Cliffs" (PDF).
   • "Smallburgh Fen" (PDF).
   • "Snettisham Carstone Quarry" (PDF).
   • "Southrepps Common" (PDF).
   • "St James' Pit" (PDF).
   • "Stanford Training Area" (PDF).
   • "Stanley And Alder Carrs, Aldeby" (PDF).
   • "Stiffkey Valley" (PDF).
   • "Swangey Fen, Attleborough" (PDF).
   • "Swannington Upgate Common" (PDF).
   • "Swanton Novers Woods" (PDF).
   • "Sweetbriar Road Meadows, Norwich" (PDF).
   • "Syderstone Common" (PDF).
   • "The Brinks, Northwold" (PDF).
   • "The Wash" (PDF).
   • "Thetford Golf Course & Marsh" (PDF).
   • "Thompson Water, Carr And Common" (PDF).
   • "Tindall Wood, Ditchingham" (PDF).
   • "Trinity Broads" (PDF).
   • "Upper Thurne Broads And Marshes" (PDF).
   • "Upton Broad & Marshes" (PDF).
   • "Warham Camp" (PDF).
   • "Wayland Wood, Watton" (PDF).
   • "Weeting Heath" (PDF).
   • "Wells Chalk Pit" (PDF).
   • "West Runton Cliffs" (PDF).
   • "Westwick Lakes" (PDF).
   • "Weybourne Cliffs" (PDF).
   • "Weybourne Town Pit" (PDF).
   • "Whitwell Common" (PDF).
   • "Wiggenhall St Germans" (PDF).
   • "Winterton - Horsey Dunes" (PDF).
   • "Wiveton Downs" (PDF).
   • "Wretham Park Meres" (PDF).
   • "Wretton" (PDF).
   • "Yare Broads And Marshes" (PDF).
3. "Guide to National Grid". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 2008-02-21.