Felpham SSSI
Geological site in West Sussex
Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Location | West Sussex |
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Grid reference | SZ 949 992[1] |
Interest | Geological |
Area | 1.0 hectare (2.5 acres)[1] |
Notification | 1988[1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Felpham SSSI is a 1-hectare (2.5-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Bognor Regis in West Sussex.[1][2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site.[3]
This short stretch of shoreline is one of only three in Britain to have fossils of flora dating to the Paleocene, the first epoch after the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event 66 million years ago. It has yielded four previously unknown genera and sixteen new species.[4]
The beach is open to the public.
References
- ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Felpham". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
- ^ "Map of Felpham". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
- ^ "Felpham (Tertiary Palaeobotany)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
- ^ "Felpham citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
50°47′06″N 0°39′18″W / 50.785°N 0.655°W / 50.785; -0.655
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- Adur Estuary
- Amberley Mount to Sullington Hill
- Amberley Wild Brooks
- Ambersham Common
- Arun Banks
- Arundel Park
- Beeding Hill to Newtimber Hill
- Bognor Reef
- Bracklesham Bay
- Buchan Hill Ponds
- Burton Park
- Chanctonbury Hill
- Chapel Common
- Chichester Harbour
- Chiddingfold Forest
- Cissbury Ring
- Clayton to Offham Escarpment
- Climping Beach
- Coates Castle
- Cow Wood and Harry's Wood
- Duncton to Bignor Escarpment
- East Dean Park Wood
- Ebernoe Common
- Fairmile Bottom
- Forest Mere
- Fyning Moor
- Halnaker Chalk Pit
- Harting Downs
- Heyshott Down
- House Copse
- Hurston Warren
- Iping Common
- Kingley Vale
- Lavington Common
- Levin Down
- The Mens
- Mills Rocks
- Northpark Copse to Snapelands Copse
- Pads Wood
- Pagham Harbour
- Parham Park
- Pulborough Brooks
- Rake Hanger
- Rook Clift
- Shillinglee Lake
- Singleton and Cocking Tunnels
- St Leonard's Forest
- St Leonard's Park Ponds
- Sullington Warren
- Treyford to Bepton Down
- Upper Arun
- Wakehurst and Chiddingly Woods
- Waltham Brooks
- West Dean Woods
- West Harting Down
- Wolstonbury Hill
- Woolbeding and Pound Commons
- Woolmer Forest
- Worth Forest
- Beeding Hill to Newtimber Hill
- Bognor Common Quarry
- Bognor Reef
- Bracklesham Bay
- Chantry Mill
- Chichester Harbour
- Coneyhurst Cutting
- Coppedhall Hanger
- Eartham Pit, Boxgrove
- Felpham
- Freshfield Lane
- Horton Clay Pit
- Marehill Quarry
- Pagham Harbour
- Park Farm Cutting
- Perry Copse Outcrop
- Philpot's and Hook Quarries
- Selsey, East Beach
- Slinfold Stream and Quarry
- Stone Hill Rocks
- Turners Hill
- Wakehurst and Chiddingly Woods
- Warnham
- West Hoathly