Morston Cliff

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Morston Cliff is a {{convert|1 |ha|acre|abbr=off |adj=on }} geological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Wells-next-the-Sea in Norfolk, England.{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1003539&SiteName=&countyCode=29&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Morston Cliff | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date = 10 June 2018}}{{cite web|url= http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271003539%27|title=Map of Morston Cliff|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date= 10 June 2018}} It is a Geological Conservation Review site.{{cite web|url= http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=4174&gcr=727|title= Morston Cliff (Quaternary of East Anglia) |series=Geological Conservation Review |publisher=Joint Nature Conservation Committee|access-date= 25 May 2018}} It is part of Blakeney National Nature Reserve,{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=1006016&SiteName=blakeney&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Blakeney | series= National Nature Reserves|publisher=Natural England|access-date = 1 June 2018}} which is managed by the National Trust,{{cite web|url= https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/blakeney-national-nature-reserve |title= Blakeney National Nature Reserve |publisher=National Trust|access-date= 1 June 2018}} and of the Norfolk Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.{{cite web|url=http://www.norfolkcoastaonb.org.uk/mediaps/pdfuploads/pd001159.pdf|title=Norfolk Coast AONB Management Plan 2014-19: Other Conservation Designations within the AONB|publisher=Norfolk Coast AONB|access-date=25 May 2018|archive-date=31 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331161613/http://www.norfolkcoastaonb.org.uk/mediaps/pdfuploads/pd001159.pdf|url-status=dead}}

This key Pleistocene site has the only interglacial deposit of a raised beach in East Anglia. It is believed to be Ipswichian, dating to around 125,000 years ago, and is overlain by glacial deposits of the late Devensian Hunstanton Till.{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1003539.pdf |title=Morston Cliff citation|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date= 10 June 2018}}

The Peddars Way and Norfolk Coast Path go through the site.