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Companies and brands

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Westwood, Baillie Westwood, Baillie and Co was a Victorian engineering and shipbuilding company based at London Yard in Cubitt Town, London. The company was set up in 1856 by Robert Baillie and Joseph Westwood, previously managers of Ditchburn and Mares shipyar ...
, 19th-century engineering and shipbuilding company, London *
Westwood One (1976–2011) Westwood One was an American radio network that was based in New York City. At one time, it was managed by CBS Radio, and was later purchased by the private equity firm, The Gores Group. Due to purchases, mergers and other forms of consolidat ...
, a former American radio network based in New York City *
Westwood One Westwood One is an American radio network owned by Cumulus Media. The company syndicates talk, music, and sports programming. The company takes its name from an earlier network also named Westwood One, a company founded in 1978. The compan ...
, an American radio and media broadcasting company *
Westwood Studios Westwood Studios, Inc. was an American video game developer, based in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was founded by Brett Sperry and Louis Castle in 1985 as Brelous Software, but got changed after 2 months into Westwood Associates and was renamed to Westw ...
, an American video game developer, defunct since 2003 *Westwood, a brand of American manufacturer Ariens


Educational institutions

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Westwood College Westwood College was a private for-profit college owned by Alta Colleges Inc. with 15 campus locations in five states and online learning options. Westwood was nationally accredited by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Scho ...
, several campuses in the United States *
Westwood Elementary School (Prince George) School District 57 Prince George (SD 57) is a school district in central British Columbia that encompasses urban Prince George, its surroundings, and the outlying communities of McBride and Valemount to the southeast, and Mackenzie to the north ...
, British Columbia *
Westwood Elementary School (Coquitlam) School District No. 43 (Coquitlam) or SD43 is one of the sixty school districts in British Columbia. The district is the third-largest in British Columbia with 45 elementary schools, 14 middle schools, and 11 secondary schools. School Distri ...
, British Columbia *
Westwood High School (disambiguation) Westwood High School may refer to: Canada * Westwood High School Senior Campus, in Hudson, Quebec * Westwood High School – Junior Campus, in Saint-Lazare, Quebec * Westwood Community High School, in Fort McMurray, Alberta Jamaica * Westwood High ...
, several schools * Westwood International School, Gaborone, Botswana *
Westwood Regional School District The Westwood Regional School District is a comprehensive regional public school district serving students in kindergarten through twelfth grade from the communities of the Westwood, New Jersey, Borough of Westwood and Washington Township, Bergen ...
, Bergen County, New Jersey *
Westwood Secondary School Westwood Secondary School (WWSS) () is a co-educational government secondary school in Jurong West, Singapore. It was founded on 2 January 2000, the integrated government school offers secondary education under three academic streams, which lead ...
, Singapore *Westwood Secondary School (now
Lincoln M. Alexander Secondary School Lincoln M. Alexander Secondary School is located in the village of Malton, Mississauga, Malton in the city of Mississauga, Ontario (part of the Peel District School Board). It is named after the former federal cabinet minister and Lieutenant Gove ...
), Mississauga, Ontario


People

* Westwood (surname) * Baron Westwood, a title in the British peerage


Places


Australia

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Westwood, Queensland Westwood is a town in the Rockhampton Region and a locality split between the Rockhampton Region and the Shire of Banana in Queensland, Australia. It was the first town that was gazetted by the Queensland Government. In the , Westwood had a popul ...
, a town in the Rockhampton Region * Westwood, Tasmania


Canada

*Westwood, Asphodel-Norwood, Ontario *
Westwood, Edmonton Westwood is a residential neighbourhood in north central Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is bounded by Yellowhead Trail to the north, 107 Street and 106 Street to the west, 118 Avenue to the south, 97 Street to the east. The Edmonton City Centre A ...
, a neighbourhood in Edmonton, Alberta *
Westwood Plateau Westwood Plateau is a neighbourhood in the northern region of Coquitlam, British Columbia. It is named for Westwood Motorsport Park which existed on the plateau before the community was built, and was closed in 1990 to make way for real estate de ...
, an area of Coquitlam, British Columbia * Westwood Motorsport Park, a race track in Coquitlam, British Columbia *Westwood, St. James-Assiniboia, Winnipeg, Manitoba *
Port Moody-Westwood Port Moody-Westwood was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada, from 2001 to 2009. Demographics Member of Legislative Assembly Election results , - , - , NDP , Karen Rockwell , a ...
, a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia *
Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2015. Demographics Consisting of the following parts of the Greater Vanco ...
, a federal electoral district in British Columbia


England

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Westwood, Peterborough Westwood is a residential area of the city of Peterborough, in the unparished area of Peterborough, in the Peterborough district, in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England. For electoral purposes it forms part of Ravensthorpe ward. Manu ...
, Cambridgeshire *
Westwood, Greater Manchester Westwood is an urban area of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. It occupies a hillside known as North Moor in the western part of Oldham, close to its boundary with Royton and Chadderton. Westwood, which has no formal boundary or extent, is b ...
, a district of Oldham *
Westwood, Kent Westwood is a village and retail estate in the civil parish of Broadstairs and St Peter's, in the Thanet district of Kent, England, and south of Margate. Economy Shopping centres in Westwood include Land Securities' Westwood Cross, and Hamme ...
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Westwood Cross Westwood Cross is a British, open, pedestrianised shopping centre at Westwood, Kent. It opened in 2005, and since 2008 has incorporated a casino, cinema and bingo hall. History Westwood Cross is situated on the former Haine Hospital site, whi ...
shopping centre *
Westwood House Westwood House is a stately home, near Droitwich, Worcestershire, England. It has been subdivided into twelve self-contained apartments. The house has origins as an Elizabethan banqueting hall with Caroline additions and is a Grade I listed bu ...
, country house near Droitwich, Worcestershire *
Westwood, Somerset West Bagborough is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, about north of Taunton in the Somerset West and Taunton district. In 2011 the village had a population of 358. The parish of West Bagborough lies on the south-west slopes of t ...
, village in West Bagborough parish *
Westwood, Southfleet Westwood is a hamlet in the parish of Southfleet in Kent, 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 a ...
, Kent *
Westwood, Wiltshire Westwood is a large village and a civil parish in west Wiltshire, England. The village is about southwest of the town of Bradford-on-Avon Bradford-on-Avon (sometimes Bradford on Avon or Bradford upon Avon) is a town and civil parish in west ...
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High Westwood High Westwood is an English village in County Durham, a few miles to the north of Consett, near Ebchester and Hamsterley, Consett, Hamsterley. It once had a colliery and coke works. Past and present Once a thriving industrial village, High Westw ...
, County Durham * Low Westwood, County Durham *
Westwood Heath Westwood Heath is a southwestern suburb of the City of Coventry in the West Midlands, England. It is bordered by the suburbs of Cannon Park and Canley, and by the University of Warwick campus to the east, the suburb of Tile Hill to the north, ...
, Coventry, West Midlands * Westwood (Campus), University of Warwick *
Westwoodside Westwoodside is a village in North Lincolnshire, England. It is situated on the Isle of Axholme north-west of Gainsborough, east of Doncaster and south-west of Scunthorpe. Westwoodside is in the civil parish of Haxey, a town to the east. I ...
, North Lincolnshire * Stretton Westwood and Bourton Westwood, Shropshire


Scotland

* Westwood, East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire


United States

* Westwood (Uniontown, Alabama), an 1836 historic district on the National Register of Historic Places *
Westwood, California Westwood is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lassen County, California, United States. Westwood is located 20 miles (32 km) west-southwest of Susanville, at an elevation of 5,128 feet (1,563 m). Its population is 1,541 as of the 2020 cens ...
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Westwood, Los Angeles Westwood is a commercial and residential neighborhood in the northern central portion of the Westside region of Los Angeles, California. It is the home of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Bordering the campus on the south ...
, a neighborhood **
Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park & Mortuary is a cemetery and mortuary located in the Westwood Village area of Los Angeles. It is located at 1218 Glendon Avenue in Westwood, with an entrance from Glendon Avenue. The cemetery was ...
* Westwood, Indiana * Westwood, Iowa *
Westwood, Kansas Westwood is a city in northeast Johnson County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 1,750. It is the second most densely populated city in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. History The land where We ...
* Westwood, Boyd County, Kentucky *
Westwood, Jefferson County, Kentucky Westwood is a List of cities in Kentucky, home rule-class city in Jefferson County, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 634 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. Geography Westwood is located in northe ...
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Westwood, Massachusetts Westwood is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 16,266 at the time of the 2020 United States Census. History Westwood was first settled in 1641 and was part of the town of Dedham, originally called 'West De ...
* Westwood, Memphis, Tennessee, a neighborhood * Westwood, Michigan * Westwood, Missouri *
Westwood, New Jersey Westwood (known as "The Hub of the Pascack Valley") is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 10,908,Westwood, Cincinnati Westwood is an urban-suburban neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio. It is located north of Price Hill, west of Fairmount, and southwest of Mount Airy. Demographics Westwood is Cincinnati's largest neighborhood. The population was 36,064 as of the 2 ...
, a neighborhood *
Westwood, Cambria County, Pennsylvania Westwood is a census-designated place (CDP) in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. The CDP is in southwestern Cambria County, in the eastern part of Lower Yoder Township. It is bor ...
, a census-designated place *
Westwood, Chester County, Pennsylvania Westwood is a census-designated place (CDP) in Valley Township in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 950 at the 2010 census. Geography Westwood is located at , immediately west of the city of Coatesville. Valley R ...
, a census-designated place *
Westwood (Pittsburgh) Westwood is a neighborhood in the West End Region of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Beginning as a part of the now-defunct Township of Chartiers and existing for a short time as an independent borough, Westwood was annexed by the City of Pittsburgh in ...
, Pennsylvania, a neighborhood * West Wood, Utah, a census-designated place *
Westwood, Bainbridge Island, Washington {{Short description, Communities This is a list of communities in Bainbridge Island, Washington. * Agate Point * Allen Cove * Arrow Point * Azalea * Bainbridge Grange * Battle Point * Bill Point * Blakely * Blue Heron * Creosote * Crystal ...
* Westwood, Seattle *
Westwood (subdivision), Houston Westwood is a residential subdivision in Southwest Houston, Texas. The subdivision is bounded by the 610 Loop, the Union Pacific railroad tracks, Stella Link Road, and Willowbend Boulevard. It has about 800 houses.Jackson, Kim.Westwood Civic Club ...
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Westwood Highlands, San Francisco Westwood Highlands is a small affluent neighborhood located in south-central San Francisco, California, northeast of the intersection of Monterey Boulevard and Plymouth Avenue. It is bordered by Westwood Park, San Francisco, Westwood Park to the s ...
, a neighborhood * Westwood Hills, Kansas * Westwood Lakes, Florida, a census-designated place * Westwood Park, San Francisco, a neighborhood * Westwoods Trails, a hiking trail system in Connecticut


Transportation

* Westwood station (LIRR), in Malverne, New York * Westwood station (NJ Transit), in Westwood, New Jersey *
Westwood Boulevard Westwood Boulevard is a street in Los Angeles that runs through the heart of Westwood,_Los_Angeles#Sub-neighborhoods, Westwood Village and further south in Westside (Los Angeles County), West Los Angeles. Route Westwood Boulevard begins south o ...
, Los Angeles, California **
Westwood/Rancho Park station Westwood/Rancho Park station is an at-grade light rail station in the Los Angeles County Metro Rail system located at the intersection of Westwood Boulevard and Exposition Boulevard in the Rancho Park neighborhood of West Los Angeles, Californ ...
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Westwood/UCLA station Westwood/UCLA Station is a planned heavy-rail subway station on the D Line of the Los Angeles County Metro Rail system. The station will be located under Wilshire Boulevard between Veteran Avenue and Westwood Boulevard, with the main station e ...
, a subway station under construction


Other uses

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Westwood (computer virus) Westwood is a computer virus, a variant of the Jerusalem family, discovered August 1990, in Westwood, Los Angeles, California. The virus was isolated by a UCLA engineering student who discovered it in a copy of the "speed.com" program distribute ...
, a minor variant of the Jerusalem virus *
Westwood Cross Westwood Cross is a British, open, pedestrianised shopping centre at Westwood, Kent. It opened in 2005, and since 2008 has incorporated a casino, cinema and bingo hall. History Westwood Cross is situated on the former Haine Hospital site, whi ...
, shopping centre in Kent, England *
Westwood rim The Westwood rim style of cycle rim used on bicycles was one of the original steel rim designs, developed during or before 1891 by Frederick Westwood of Birmingham. Bowden brakes and cables designed for use with this rim were introduced in 1896. ...
, a type of bicycle wheel rim *"
Sons of Westwood Bruin Warriors, also known as "Sons of Westwood" and "Big C", is a fight song of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). The tune comes from Big C, a school fight song for the University of California, Berkeley. The UCLA Bruin Marching Ban ...
", fight song of the University of California, Los Angeles *
TCP Westwood TCP Westwood (TCPW) is a sender-side-only modification to TCP New Reno that is intended to better handle large bandwidth-delay product paths (large pipes), with potential packet loss due to transmission or other errors (leaky pipes), and with dyn ...
, a congestion avoidance mechanism in data transmission *
TCP Westwood plus TCP Westwood (TCPW) is a sender-side-only modification to TCP New Reno that is intended to better handle large bandwidth-delay product paths (large pipes), with potential packet loss due to transmission or other errors (leaky pipes), and with dyna ...
, a modification of TCP Westood *''Westwood'', a novel by Stella Gibbons


See also

* West Wood (disambiguation) {{disambiguation, geo