Darenth Wood

Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location	Kent
Grid reference	TQ 577 721 [1]
Interest	Biological
Area	122.9 hectares (304 acres) [1]
Notification	1989 [1]
Location map	Magic Map

Darenth Wood is a 122.9-hectare (304-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Dartford in Kent. ^{[1] [2]}

This ancient semi-natural wood has many rare invertebrates, including thirty-two which are nationally scarce and two which are nationally rare: these are beetles which live in dead and dying oak timber, Grilis pannonicus and Platypus cylindricus. ^[3]

The wood is crossed by roads and footpaths.

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