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Winterton-Horsey Dunes
Site of Special Scientific Interest

Location	Norfolk
Grid reference	TG 484 214
Interest	Biological Geological
Area	427.0 hectares (1,055 acres)
Notification	1989
Location map	Magic Map

Winterton-Horsey Dunes is a 427-hectare (1,060-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Great Yarmouth in Norfolk. It is a Special Area of Conservation and a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I. Winterton Dunes is a National Nature Reserve Winterton Ness is a Geological Conservation Review site. The whole site is in the Norfolk Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

This site has extensive dunes together with areas of grazing marsh and birch woodland. Invertebrates include a rare amphibian and a rare butterfly. The site is geologically important as it displays the processes which control dynamic dune development.

The beach is open to the public.

References

^ "Designated Sites View: Winterton-Horsey Dunes". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
"Map of Winterton-Horsey Dunes". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
"Designated Sites View: Winterton-Horsey Dunes". Special Areas of Conservation. Natural England. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. Vol. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. pp. 9–10. ISBN 0521-21403-3.
"Designated Sites View: Winterton Dunes". National Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
"Winterton Ness (Coastal Geomorphology of England)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
"Norfolk Coast AONB Management Plan 2014-19: Other Conservation Designations within the AONB" (PDF). Norfolk Coast AONB. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
"Winterton-Horsey Dunes citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 23 June 2018.

52°43′59″N 1°40′41″E / 52.733°N 1.678°E / 52.733; 1.678

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