Westwood is a hamlet in the parish of

Southfleet Southfleet is a small village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the borough of Dartford in Kent, England. The village is located three miles southwest of Gravesend, Kent, Gravesend, while the parish includes within its boundaries the ...

Kent Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...

, England, in the west of the parish. It is one mile west of the village of Southfleet. In the 19th century it was one of only two hamlets within the parish (the other being

Betsham Betsham is a hamlet in the parish of Southfleet in Kent, England. Betsham is a mile north-west from the village of Southfleet, which is situated nearly in the middle of the parish. The hamlet was formerly called ''Bedesham'' and lies on the roa ...

, in addition to the main village). The Wheatsheaf Public House, Westwood - geograph

It lies around the crossroads formed by the Westwood Road (which leads to Betsham), Highcross Road (leads to

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), Whitehall Road (leads to

Longfield Longfield is a village in the Borough of Dartford, Kent, England. It is located 6 miles south east of Dartford and the same distance south-west of Gravesend. History The place in Kent is recorded as ''Langanfelda'' in the Saxon Charters of ...

), and Hook Green Road (leads to Southfleet village). The ''Wheatsheaf Public House'', near the crossroads, is a Grade II Listed Building. This dates from 15th – 16th century and is a timber-framed building, faced with plaster, with a hipped thatched roof.Information from the listing by "English Heritage", official title: the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England - see http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk Nearby is Westwood farm. A quarter of a mile to the south lies the site of the former Longfield Halt railway station.

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