Oaken Wood

Oaken Wood
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Area of Search Kent
Grid reference TQ 701 548[1]
Interest Geological
Area 18.7 hectares (46 acres)[1]
Notification 1985[1]
Location map Magic Map

Oaken Wood is a 18.7-hectare (46-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Maidstone in Kent.[1][2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site.[3]

This site provides the best example of a very unusual topography, with cracking and tilting of underlying weaker strata during the Pleistocene by periglacial processes producing crests and troughs in the surface rocks.[4]

A public footpath crosses the site.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Oaken Wood". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  2. ↑ "Map of Oaken Wood". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  3. ↑ "Oaken Wood (Quaternary of South-East England)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Archived from the original on 12 January 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "Oaken Wood citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 20 February 2018.

Coordinates: 51°16′01″N 0°26′13″E / 51.267°N 0.437°E / 51.267; 0.437

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