Scroby Sands

Scroby Sands
Shoal
Scroby Sands and its Wind Farm
Scroby Sands and its Wind Farm
Coordinates: 52°38′56″N 1°47′25″E / 52.64889°N 1.79028°E / 52.64889; 1.79028
LocationSouthern North Sea, Norfolk, United Kingdom

Scroby Sands is a sandbank off the coast of Norfolk, England which runs near shore, north to south from Caister south towards Great Yarmouth.[1] It has been the site of many shipwrecks.[2] Scroby Sands Wind Farm, an offshore 60 MW wind farm, is situated on the sandbank and opened in 2003.

  1. ^ SC1408 Harwich and Rotterdam to Cromer & Terschelling Admiralty Small Craft Chart Coastal planning chart of the Harwich and Rotterdam to Cromer and Terschelling Scale: 1:300,000
  2. ^ The Ship-Wrecks off North East Norfolk by Ayer Tikus: Published by Ayer Tikus Publications; ASIN B0032Z2NU0