Ducan's Marsh, Claxton
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Ducan's Marsh is a Site of Special Scientific Interest
lying between around 9 miles (14 km) south-east of Norwich
lying between Claxton
and Carleton St Peter
in Norfolk
, on the banks of Carleton Beck, a small tributary of the River Yare
. It is one of the richest areas of unimproved wet grassland in East Norfolk and has never been sprayed with agrochemicals or ploughed.
Site of Special Scientific Interest
A Site of Special Scientific Interest is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom. SSSIs are the basic building block of site-based nature conservation legislation and most other legal nature/geological conservation designations in Great Britain are based upon...
lying between around 9 miles (14 km) south-east of Norwich
Norwich
Norwich is a city in England. It is the regional administrative centre and county town of Norfolk. During the 11th century, Norwich was the largest city in England after London, and one of the most important places in the kingdom...
lying between Claxton
Claxton, Norfolk
Claxton is a small village south-east of Norwich, and south of the River Yare, between Rockland St. Mary and Loddon in South Norfolk, England. In the 2001 census it contained 85 households and a population of 244...
and Carleton St Peter
Carleton St Peter
Carleton St Peter is a civil parish in South Norfolk approximately south-east of Norwich. There is no village center but the Church provides a reference point and is north-east of Thurton, and a similar distance south of Claxton, just east of Ashby St Mary....
in Norfolk
Norfolk
Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...
, on the banks of Carleton Beck, a small tributary of the River Yare
River Yare
The River Yare is a river in the English county of Norfolk. In its lower reaches the river connects with the navigable waterways of The Broads....
. It is one of the richest areas of unimproved wet grassland in East Norfolk and has never been sprayed with agrochemicals or ploughed.