Traditional county: County Durham · Region: North East
Explore Low Westwood, County Durham with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Low 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 Low 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 | Low Westwood |
| Traditional County | County Durham |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.902458 |
| Longitude | -1.824345 |
| Place Type | Village |
Low Westwood emerges from the steep, verdant contours of the Derwent Valley where the land remembers the heavy industry of coal and iron. It lies 3.4 miles north of Consett (from Consett: bearing 6°T, OS grid NZ 113 564), and is situated west-south-west of Hamsterley village. The light here often feels thin and silver, catching the slate roofs as they lean into the slope. To the north-north-west, the quiet, persistent pulse of the Milkwell Burn carves a path through the earth, feeding the damp shadows of the nearby woodland. Low Westwood maintains a sturdy, unpretentious character, defined by stone cottages that seem to have grown directly from the hillside. A short walk toward the river reveals the ancient, earth-covered footprint of the Ebchester Roman Station, where the ghosts of a different empire once stood watch over the valley. The air in Low Westwood carries the faint, sharp scent of rain-washed bracken, grounding the quiet streets in the wilder geography beyond. Even now, the horizon remains dominated by the rolling, untamed ridges that have witnessed the slow transition from industrial furnace to the stillness of the modern north.
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Explore Low 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: 54.902458, -1.824345. 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. |