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Thompson Water, Carr and Common is a 154.7-hectare (382-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Thetford in Norfolk. [1] [2] Most of it is managed by the Norfolk Wildlife Trust as Thompson Common. [3] It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I, [4] and part of the Norfolk Valley Fens Special Area of Conservation. [5]
South Norfolk: Map: Details: Most of this site on the southern bank of the River Yare is reed beds, which have many dragonflies. Chinese water deer sometimes browse in the marsh. [53] Wiveton Down: 6.5 hectares (16 acres) Holt: North Norfolk: SSSI [54] Map: Details
The North Norfolk Coast SSSI was created in 1986 from preexisting SSSIs at Blakeney Point, Holme Dunes, Cley Marshes, Salthouse Marshes (all designated in 1954), Morston Saltmarshes, Brancaster Manor (1968), Stiffkey Saltmarshes (1969), Thornham Marshes (1972) and Titchwell Marsh (1973), together with the national nature reserves (NNRs) at Scolt Head Island and Holkham, and substantial ...
Breydon Water is a 514.4-hectare (1,271-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] It is a Local Nature Reserve , [ 4 ] a Ramsar site [ 5 ] and a Special Protection Area . [ 6 ]
The River Glaven in the eastern English county of Norfolk is 10.5 mi (16.9 km) long and flows through picturesque North Norfolk countryside to the North Sea.Rising from a tiny headwater in Bodham the river starts 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles before Selbrigg Pond where three small streams combine.
Drainage windmills on the Norfolk Broads. The Broads Authority is the agency which has statutory responsibility for the Broads. The Nature Conservancy Council (now Natural England), pressed for a special authority to manage the Broads which had been neglected for a long time, and in 1978 the forerunner to the present-day Broads Authority was established by the Countryside Commission (now also ...
Breydon Water forms the eastern edge of the marshes with the River Yare dividing the area from similar areas of marshland to the south. [10] The villages of Reedham, Wickhampton and Halvergate and the higher ground they occupy forms the western edge of the marshes, with the market town of Acle at the extreme north-west.
North Norfolk is a local government district in Norfolk, England. Its council is based in Cromer , and the largest town is North Walsham . The district also includes the towns of Fakenham , Holt , Sheringham , Stalham and Wells-next-the-Sea , along with numerous villages and surrounding rural areas.