North Norfolk Coast

North Norfolk Coast

Country:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Site number:
76
Area:
7,887.0 ha
Designation date:
05-01-1976
Coordinates:
52°58'16"N 00°48'56"E

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North Norfolk Coast. 05/01/76; England; 7,887 ha; 52°58'N 000°36'E. UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, Special Protection Area EC Directive; Nature Reserve, SSSI, Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Heritage Coast. A stretch of coastline consisting of shingle beaches, dunes, saltmarsh, intertidal mud and sand flats, brackish lagoons, reedbeds, and grazing marshes. The site supports nationally and internationally important numbers of various species of breeding or wintering waterbirds. It also includes several important botanical areas and is a centre for tourism and general recreation; a visitors' centre, trails and hides are available. Ramsar site no. 76. Most recent RIS information: 1999.
Administrative region: England
Global international designation:
  • UNESCO Biosphere Reserve
National legal designation:
  • heritage coast
  • nnr
  • sssi
Regional (international) legal designations:
  • EU Natura 2000
Last publication date: 01-01-1999
Ramsar Information Sheet (RIS)