Editing Halvergate Marshes (section)

==Geography==
Halvergate Marshes is the largest area of traditionally managed grazing marsh in the Broadland area.<ref name=sssicitation /> The area is extremely flat and low lying with much of the area at or below sea level. [[Breydon Water]] forms the eastern edge of the marshes with the [[River Yare]] dividing the area from similar areas of marshland to the south.<ref name=lca>[http://www.broads-authority.gov.uk/broads/live/planning/landscape-character-assessment/Area_19_-_Halvergate_Marshes.pdf Local character area 19 - Halvergate marshes (excluding Bure loop and the west of Tunstall dyke)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223140508/http://www.broads-authority.gov.uk/broads/live/planning/landscape-character-assessment/Area_19_-_Halvergate_Marshes.pdf |date=2014-02-23 }} Broads landscape character assessment, [[Broads Authority]], 2006. Retrieved 2014-02-20.</ref> The villages of [[Reedham, Norfolk|Reedham]], [[Wickhampton]] and [[Halvergate]] and the higher ground they occupy forms the western edge of the marshes, with the market town of [[Acle]] at the extreme north-west. The [[River Bure]] and the [[Acle Straight]] road form the northern edge. The area of the Site of Special Scientific Interest forms part of the wider marshland area and is mainly located to the south of the Halvergate Fleet waterway and the village of Halvergate.<ref name=lca /> Areas of marshland extend outside of the Halvergate Marshes both to the north and the south.

The area is sparsely populated with a scattering of isolated farms across the marshes, although it may have been more populated in the Medieval period.<ref name=williamson /> [[Berney Arms]] is the site of [[Berney Arms railway station]], one of the most isolated railway stations in England, and at one point had up to 11 inhabited houses.<ref name=lca /> The [[RSPB Berney Marshes]] reserve forms part of the area.<ref name=rspbwork>[http://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves/guide/b/berneybreydon/work.aspx Berney Marshes and Breydon Water - our work here] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225182125/http://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves/guide/b/berneybreydon/work.aspx |date=2014-02-25 }}, [[Royal Society for the Protection of Birds]]. Retrieved 2014-02-20.</ref> The area is crossed by the [[Weavers' Way]] and [[Wherryman's Way]] footpaths.
[[File:Muttonsmill.jpg|thumb|Muttons Mill, partially restored and located on the Halvergate Marshes]]