Editing Calthorpe Broad

{{Short description|Protected area in Norfolk, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox SSSI
|image=  View to Calthorpe Broad - geograph.org.uk - 578841.jpg
|image_caption =  
|name=  Calthorpe Broad
|aos=  Norfolk
|interest=Biological
|gridref={{gbmappingsmall|TG 411 259}}<ref name=dsv/>
|area=                    {{convert|43.5|ha|acre|abbr=off}}<ref name=dsv/>
|notifydate=                           1984<ref name=dsv/>
|map=[https://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271001498%27  ''Magic Map''] 
}}
'''Calthorpe Broad''' is a {{convert| 43.5 |ha|acre|abbr=off|adj=on}} biological [[Site of Special Scientific Interest]] east of [[Stalham]] in [[Norfolk|Norfolk, England]].<ref name=dsv>{{cite web|url=  https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1001498&SiteName=&countyCode=29&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Calthorpe Broad  | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate = 25  October 2018}}</ref><ref name=map>{{cite web|url=https://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271001498%27 |title=Map of Calthorpe Broad|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate=  25  October 2018}}</ref> It is a [[Nature Conservation Review]] site, Grade I<ref>{{cite book|editor-first=Derek |editor-last=Ratcliffe  |title=A Nature Conservation Review|volume=2 |pages=172-73, 210 |authorlink=Derek Ratcliffe |publisher= Cambridge University Press|location =Cambridge, UK  |year=1977|isbn= 0521 21403 3 }}</ref> and a [[national nature reserve (United Kingdom)|national nature reserve]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=1006984&SiteName=calthor&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=  |title=Designated Sites View:   Calthorpe Broad |series=National Nature Reserves|publisher=Natural England|accessdate=28 May 2018}}</ref> It is also part of the Broadland [[Ramsar site]]<ref name=broadram>{{cite web|url=  https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK11010&SiteName=&countyCode=29&responsiblePerson=&unitId=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Broadland  | series= Ramsar Sites|publisher=Natural England|accessdate = 25  May 2018}}</ref> and [[Special Protection Area]],<ref name=broadspa>{{cite web|url=  https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK9009253&SiteName=&countyCode=29&responsiblePerson=&unitId=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Broadland  | series= Special Protection Areas|publisher=Natural England|accessdate = 25  May 2018}}</ref> and [[The Broads]] [[Special Area of Conservation]].<ref name=broadssac>{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK0013577&SiteName=&countyCode=29&responsiblePerson=&unitId=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=  |title=Designated Sites View:  The Broads | series= Special Areas of Conservation|publisher=Natural England|accessdate =  25 May 2018}}</ref>

This [[The Broads|broad]] has diverse fauna and flora. Water plants include [[Hippuris vulgaris|mare's-tail]], [[water violet]], [[ blunt-leaved pondweed]], [[spiked water-milfoil]], [[Isolepis fluitans|floating scirpus]], [[Nuphar lutea|yellow water-lily]] and the nationally scarce [[Stratiotes aloides|water soldier]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1001498.pdf   |title=Calthorpe Broad citation|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate=   25  October 2018}}</ref>

The site is private land with no public access.

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[[Category:Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Norfolk]]
[[Category:National nature reserves in England]]
[[Category:Norfolk Broads]]
[[Category:Nature Conservation Review sites]]
[[Category:Ramsar sites in England]]
[[Category:Special Protection Areas in England]]
[[Category:Special Areas of Conservation in England]]