Westwood is a hamlet in the parish of
Southfleet in
Kent
Kent is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Essex across the Thames Estuary to the north, the Strait of Dover to the south-east, East Sussex to the south-west, Surrey to the west, and Gr ...
, 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, in addition to the main village).
It lies around the crossroads formed by the Westwood Road (which leads to Betsham), Highcross Road (leads to
Bean
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), Whitehall Road (leads to
Longfield), 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.
References
Hamlets in Kent
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