High Westwood is a Village in the county of County Durham.

High Westwood postcode: NE17 7TB

Retail in High Westwood

There are great places to visit near High Westwood including some great waterfalls, towns, country parks and airports.

Don't miss Summerhill Force's waterfalls if visiting the area around High Westwood.

The area around High Westwood boasts some of the best towns including Stockton-on-Tees, and Middleton-in-Teesdale.

There are a several good country parks in the area around High Westwood like Hardwick Country Park.

Places near High Westwood feature a number of interesting airports including Teesside International Airport.

High Westwood History

There are some historic monuments around High Westwood:

• Remains of Roman aqueduct
• Lanchester Roman fort (Longovicium)
• Allensford blast furnace
• Friarside Chapel
• Ditched enclosure S of North View, Coalburns
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum in wall mile 10 from Dene House to Throckley Bank Top
• Derwentcote steel cementation furnace, iron finery forge and drift coal mine
• Gibside Hall, 17th to 19th century country house
• Motte, 50m north of Holycross Church, Ryton
• Collierley Chapel
• Romano-British settlement, 490m SSE of Apperley Dene
• Prudhoe Castle tower keep castle
• Ebchester (Vindomora) Roman station
• Whinfield coking ovens, 850m south east of Low Spen Farm
• Ryton village cross 160m south east of church
• Defended settlement and field boundary on Horsley Hill
• Defended settlement, 400m south west of South Farm, Houghton
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum in wall mile 9, Blucher to Dene House
• Nafferton castle and tower house, 750m east of Nafferton Farm