It is named after Beeston Cliffs near West Runton in Norfolk where deposits from this stage are preserved.
It is equivalent to Marine isotope stages 22 to (60?).
[4][5] The Beestonian corresponds temporally to the Danube Stage in the glacial history of the Alpine region.
Based on findings in the Low Countries, the corresponding timespan in northern continental Europe is divided into four stages, the Bavelian, Menapian, Waalian, and Eburonian.
[6] The Beestonian had also been equated to the Nebraskan glaciation in North America.