Great Crabbles Wood

{{Short description|Site of Special Scientific Interest in UK}}

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|image= Footpath on Crutches Lane - geograph.org.uk - 1107632.jpg

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|name= Great Crabbles Wood

|aos= Kent

|interest=Biological

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|area= {{convert|33.0|ha|acre|abbr=off}}

|notifydate= 1984

|map=[http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271003716%27 Magic Map]

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Great Crabbles Wood is a {{convert|33 |ha|acre|abbr=off|adj=on}} biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Rochester in Kent.{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1003716&SiteName=crabbles&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Great Crabbles Wood | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date = 6 February 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207062930/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1003716&SiteName=crabbles&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |archive-date = 7 February 2018}}{{cite web|url= http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271003716%27|title=Map of Great Crabbles Wood|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date= 6 February 2018}}

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.{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1003716.pdf |title=Great Crabbles Wood citation|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date= 6 February 2018}}

The wood is crossed by footpaths.