West Runton Cliffs

West Runton Cliffs
Site of Special Scientific Interest
LocationNorfolk, England
Grid referenceTG 187 431
InterestGeological
Area17.8 hectares (44 acres)
Notification1984
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West Runton Cliffs is a 17.8-hectare (44-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Sheringham in Norfolk, England. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.

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.