Calthorpe Broad
Site of Special Scientific Interest
LocationNorfolk
Grid referenceTG 411 259[1]
InterestBiological
Area43.5 hectares (107 acres)[1]
Notification1984[1]
Location mapMagic Map

Calthorpe Broad is a 43.5-hectare (107-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Stalham in Norfolk.[1][2] It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I[3] and a national nature reserve.[4] It is also part of the Broadland Ramsar site[5] and Special Protection Area,[6] and The Broads Special Area of Conservation.[7]

This broad has diverse fauna and flora. Water plants include mare's-tail, water violet, blunt-leaved pondweed, spiked water-milfoil, floating scirpus, yellow water-lily and the nationally scarce water soldier.[8]

The site is private land with no public access.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Calthorpe Broad". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  2. ↑ "Map of Calthorpe Broad". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  3. ↑ Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. Vol. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. pp. 172–73, 210. ISBN 0521 21403 3.
  4. ↑ "Designated Sites View: Calthorpe Broad". National Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "Designated Sites View: Broadland". Ramsar Sites. Natural England. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  6. ↑ "Designated Sites View: Broadland". Special Protection Areas. Natural England. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  7. ↑ "Designated Sites View: The Broads". Special Areas of Conservation. Natural England. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  8. ↑ "Calthorpe Broad citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 25 October 2018.

52°46′37″N 1°34′23″E / 52.777°N 1.573°E / 52.777; 1.573

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