Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Location | Norfolk Suffolk |
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Grid reference | TM 017 788[1] |
Interest | Biological |
Area | 21.3 hectares[1] |
Notification | 1983[1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Blo' Norton and Thelnetham Fens are a 21.3-hectare (53-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) on the Norfolk/Suffolk border. Blo' Norton Fen is in the parish of Blo' Norton in Norfolk and Thelnetham Fen is in Thelnetham parish in Suffolk.[1][2] It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade 2,[3] and part of the Waveney and Little Ouse Valley Fens Special Area of Conservation,[4][5] Thelnetham Fen is managed by the Suffolk Wildlife Trust[6] and Blo' Norton Fen by the Little Ouse Headwaters Project (LOHP).[7]