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Forests & woodlands · East Midlands

Cley Marshes

In or near Cley-Next-the-Sea.

Cley Marshes — Nature reserve on the North Sea coast of England.

Cley Marshes

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Cley Marshes is a forest in east midlands. Established 1926. (Nature reserve on the North Sea coast of England.) According to Wikipedia: "Cley Marshes is a 176-hectare (430-acre) nature reserve on the North Sea coast of England just outside the village of Cley next the Sea, Norfolk. A reserve since 1926, it is the oldest of the reserves belonging to the Norfolk Wildlife Trust (NWT), which is itself the oldest county Wildlife Trust in the United Kingdom. Cley Marshes protects an area of reed beds, freshwater marsh, pools and wet meadows and is part of the North Norfolk Coast Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), Special Area of Conservation (SAC), Special Protection Area (SPA), and Ramsar Site due to the large numbers of birds it attracts."

Coordinates
52.9599, 1.0588
Established
1926

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