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 1.9 miles (3.1 km) south of Margate,.
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 View along unnamed road in direction of Nash Road | |
  Westwood Location within Kent | |
| OS grid reference | TR357685 |
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| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | MARGATE |
| Postcode district | CT9 |
| Dialling code | 01843 |
| Police | Kent |
| Fire | Kent |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| UK Parliament | |
Economy
It is the location of the out of town shopping centre Westwood Cross. It is also the site of East Kent Retail Park (Matalan, Harveys Furniture, and Pets at Home) and Westwood Gateway Retail Park (Argos, Homebase and Sports World). Both sites are owned by Hammerson.[1]
Notable residents
- Australian entertainers Kate and Harry Rickards had a country home called "Westwood Lodge" in the village in the early 1900s.[2][3]
See also
References
- Building Design News (2009). "CNP Appointed on £4.5M Hammerson Retail Park Project". "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 April 2010. Retrieved 24 April 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- s.n. (3 September 1909). "Social Items". The Northern Miner, p. 6. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
- Historic England (2017). "Westwood Lodge. Listed Building 1446506". Retrieved 17 October 2019.
External links
- Powell, Andrew B. (2012). "Baking and brewing in a medieval settlement at Star Lane, Westwood, Thanet". Kent Archeological Society
- Diebelius, Georgia (1 August 2017). "Secret abandoned cave network discovered under Primark. Metro
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