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Westwood Kent Map

(Suburban Area near Haine)

Traditional county: Kent · District / Borough: Thanet · Region: South East

Explore Westwood, Kent with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the 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.

Interactive Map of Westwood, Kent

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This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Westwood, Kent, 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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PlaceWestwood
Traditional CountyKent
District / BoroughThanet
RegionSouth East
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude51.360306
Longitude1.398360
Place TypeSuburban Area

About Westwood

Westwood commands the high, chalky plateau of East Kent, where the light off the North Sea seems to bleach the very air of its burdens. It lies 1.7 miles west of Broadstairs (from Broadstairs: bearing 272°T, OS grid TR 366 678), and is situated north-east of Haine village. Modern commercial arteries pulse through the heart of Westwood, yet the horizon remains wide and indifferent to the industrious hum of the retail parks. To the north-east, the silent earth of the Anglo-Saxon Cemetery preserves the cold, ancestral weight of those who walked these fields centuries before the tarmac arrived. A mile away, the St Peter’s Village Green offers a soft, verdant contrast to the starker architecture of the main thoroughfares, its grass holding the dew with a quiet persistence. The wind here carries a sharp, saline clarity, an uncompromising reminder of the proximity to the coast that defines the temperament of the land. Throughout the shifting seasons, Westwood retains a pragmatic, open-faced character that neither seeks to hide its utility nor pretends to be anything other than a functional junction in the landscape. One senses that beneath the sprawling development, the ancient chalk shelf remains, grounding the modern pace in the steady, geological patience of the county.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Hornby Hobbies Visitor Centre (Museum) — 0.6 mi, 331° NNW
  • Double Ring Ditch And Two Enclosures 400Yds (360M) Nw Of Danes Court (Scheduled Monument) — 0.8 mi, 057° ENE · 3 ha
  • St Peter's Village Green (Park) — 1.0 mi, 071° ENE
  • Anglo-Saxon Cemetery, Dane Valley Road (Scheduled Monument) — 1.0 mi, 035° NE · 1 ha
  • The Copse (Park) — 1.3 mi, 186° S
  • Staner Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.3 mi, 203° SSW
  • Salmestone Grange (Scheduled Monument) — 1.3 mi, 326° NNW
  • Sarah Thorne Memorial Theatre (Theatre) — 1.4 mi, 087° E
  • Drapers Windmill (Attraction) — 1.4 mi, 351° N
  • Crampton Tower Museum (Museum) — 1.5 mi, 091° E
  • Green Man (Public Artwork) — 1.7 mi, 351° N
  • Broadstairs Museum, Arts and Media Centre (Museum) — 1.9 mi, 087° E
  • Dickens House Museum (Museum) — 1.9 mi, 094° E
  • The Micro Museum (Museum) — 1.9 mi, 154° SSE
  • Dreamland Margate (Theme Park) — 1.9 mi, 333° NNW
  • The Scenic Railway (Attraction) — 1.9 mi, 333° NNW
  • Bleak House (Attraction) — 2.0 mi, 091° E
  • Palace Cinema (Cinema) — 2.0 mi, 092° E
  • Old York Gate (Attraction) — 2.0 mi, 092° E
  • Tom Thumb Theatre (Theatre) — 2.1 mi, 001° N
  • Margate Beach (Beach) — 2.2 mi, 332° NNW
  • Ramsgate Sands (Beach) — 2.3 mi, 145° SE
  • Hugin Viking Ship (Monument) — 2.4 mi, 207° SSW
  • Easternmost Point of Kent (Viewpoint) — 2.5 mi, 063° ENE
  • Kingsgate Castle (Castle) — 2.5 mi, 051° NE
  • Cliffsend Point (Wetland) — 2.6 mi, 204° SSW
  • Neptune's Tower (Historic Ruins) — 2.6 mi, 045° NE
  • Cottington Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 3.0 mi, 219° SW
  • Carlton Cinema (Cinema) — 3.1 mi, 299° WNW
  • Waterloo Tower (Monument) — 3.5 mi, 275° W

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About This Westwood Map Page

Explore Westwood, Kent, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 51.360306, 1.398360. 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 builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.