Traditional county: County Durham · Region: North East
Explore High Westwood, County Durham with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the High Westwood map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for High Westwood, County Durham, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
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| Place | High Westwood |
| Traditional County | County Durham |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.896810 |
| Longitude | -1.821204 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
High Westwood commands a rugged prominence over the Derwent Valley, where the air carries the sharp, clean scent of upland pastures and shifting weather. It lies 3.1 miles north of Consett (from Consett: bearing 9°T, OS grid NZ 115 558), and is situated south-south-east of Low Westwood village. Stone walls of weathered gritstone define the boundaries of High Westwood, tracing lines through a landscape that once echoed with the rhythmic clatter of coal extraction. To the west, the ancient earthworks of the Ebchester (Vindomora) Roman Station remain as hushed, grassy embankments that remind the modern traveller of the legions who once marched these same windswept ridges. Below the hamlet, the land dips toward the sheltered greenery of Derwentside Park, where the light catches the moving water of the Derwent in flickers of pale silver. The terrain here is shaped by a legacy of industry, yet it has softened under the quiet stewardship of time and the persistent growth of hawthorn and gorse. Residents of High Westwood look out upon a horizon dominated by the sturdy rise of Broom Hill, a sentinel that guards the valley against the encroaching shadows of the North East winter. Each morning, the frost clings to the meadows with a crystalline precision, revealing the skeletal beauty of a countryside that yields its treasures only to those who walk its paths with patience.
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Explore High Westwood, County Durham, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 54.896810, -1.821204. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.
| Page built | August 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |