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Subsection

Stiffkey to Kelling Hard PDZ3

The Stiffkey to Kelling Hard Subsection is split into 8 areas. Their boundaries have been set based on analysis of coastal processes and the character of the shoreline. Select an area to find out more information about it.

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Download SMP documents

The information on this website represents the current SMP management approaches adopted by the local authorities within its area, and current actions needed to deliver them. These management approaches have been approved by the Environment Agency under its Strategic Overview for coastal flood and erosion risk management and are considered to be local policy.

The documents below provide the full SMP adopted locally and approved by the Environment Agency at the time of publication. Some of the information has changed in response to new government policy, new evidence or new work identified.

Data on this page

Main report

Non-technical summary

Supporting documents

About this subsection

This subsection of the SMP consists of Blakeney Spit and the Cley to Salthouse shingle ridge, which extends beyond Kelling Hard, where the land rises and the coast begins to cliff.

The tidal flood zone includes parts of the settlements of Stiffkey, Morston, Blakeney, Cley-next-the-Sea, Wiveton and Salthouse, as well as the A149 at several locations.

The whole shoreline and inter-tidal area, as well as some of the freshwater grazing marsh nearby, is legally protected by a series of designations that safeguard the internationally important bird populations and other wildlife which use the Wash and North Norfolk Coast. It is also within the Norfolk Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.