[1] Besides Westwell village, the parish includes the hamlets of Dunn Street, Potters Corner, and Tutt Hill.

Westwell is a rural village in the North Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty at the foot of the Westwell Downs, the highest part of which is called the Beacon after the chain of beacons erected to signal the approach of the Spanish Armada.

The notable parish church is St. Mary the Virgin which dates from the 13th century or earlier.

Among many other buildings of interest in the parish are Ripple Court (which used to house the local dungeons—and where it is alleged that Jack Cade was captured) and The Haven (pronounced 'harven') a Tudor residence where Elizabeth I is believed to have spent one night.

[4] The village was formerly served by Hothfield for Westwell railway station on the Maidstone Line.