Great Crabbles Wood

Great Crabbles Wood
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Area of Search Kent
Grid reference TQ 702 703[1]
Interest Biological
Area 33.0 hectares (82 acres)[1]
Notification 1984[1]
Location map Magic Map

Great Crabbles Wood is a 33-hectare (82-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Rochester in Kent.[1][2]

Most of the wood is mixed coppice, with sweet chestnut dominant and oak standards. There are scarce flora such as lady and man and bird's nest orchids, white helleborine and wild liquorice.[3]

The wood is crossed by footpaths.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Great Crabbles Wood". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  2. ↑ "Map of Great Crabbles Wood". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  3. ↑ "Great Crabbles Wood citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 6 February 2018.

Coordinates: 51°24′22″N 0°26′46″E / 51.406°N 0.446°E / 51.406; 0.446

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