High Westwood

High Westwood is an English village in County Durham, a few miles to the north of Consett, near Ebchester and Hamsterley.

[4] Once a thriving industrial village, High Westwood is now much reduced in size and amenities.

[6] Nearby oak woodland still has deer and glades of bluebells, but the red squirrels vanished in the 2000s.

[9] On the 5 July 2016, planning permission was passed for a substantial commercial livery stable to be built in front of the village houses (ref Durham County Council planning portal) despite strong objections from the village and the risk posed by increased traffic on single track roads with no passing places and blind corners.

The objectors' hopes then rested a Coal Authority subsidence report on the stability of the land.