Westwood

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Westwood may refer to:

Places in England:

• Westwood, Greater Manchester, a district of Oldham
• Westwood, Peterborough, a district of Peterborough
• Westwood, Wiltshire
• Westwood, Worcestershire
• Westwood Heath, West Midlands
• High Westwood, County Durham
• Low Westwood, County Durham
• Westwood Heath, Coventry
• Westwood (Campus), University of Warwick

Places in Scotland:

• Westwood, East Kilbride

Places in the United States:

• Westwood, California
• Westwood, Los Angeles, California, a neighborhood in Los Angeles, California
• Westwood, Iowa
• Westwood, Kansas
• Westwood, Kentucky
• Westwood, Boyd County, Kentucky
• Westwood, Jefferson County, Kentucky
• Westwood, Massachusetts
• Westwood, Michigan
• Westwood, Missouri
• Westwood, New Jersey
• Westwood (Pittsburgh), a neighbourhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Westwood, Houston, Texas, a neighborhood of Houston, Texas
• Westwood, Washington, a series of neighbourhoods and communities
• Westwood Hills, Kansas
• Westwood Lakes, Florida
• Westwood Park, San Francisco, California
• Westwoods Trails, a hiking trail system in Connecticut
• Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery, Westwood, California

Places in Australia:

• Westwood, Queensland

Places in Canada:

• Westwood Plateau, an area of Coquitlam, British Columbia
• Port Moody-Westwood, a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
• Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam, a federal electoral district in British Columbia

Educational institutions:

• Westwood College, United States
• Westwood High School
• Westwood High School International Baccalaureate Academy, Austin, Texas
• Westwood International School, Gabarone, Botswana
• Westwood Regional School District, Bergen County, New Jersey
• Westwood Secondary School, Singapore

People:

• Brett Westwood, British naturalist, radio presenter and author
• Bryan Westwood (1930–2000), Australian artist
• David Westwood, British police officer
• Jim Westwood, British computer engineer
• John Obadiah Westwood (1805–1893), British entomologist
• Joseph Westwood (1884–1948), Scottish politician
• Julie Westwood (born 1967), American voice actress
• Karen Westwood, British actress
• Lee Westwood (born 1973), British golfer
• Tim Westwood (born 1958), British hip hop DJ
• Troy Westwood (born 1967), Canadian football player
• Dame Vivienne Westwood (born 1941), British fashion designer
• William Westwood (1821–1846), British-born Australian bushranger known as Jackey Jackey
• William James Westwood (1887–1954), Canadian politician
• William John Westwood (1925–1999), British bishop

Companies:

• Westwood Studios, a computer game manufacturer, now defunct
• Westwood One (WON), a radio and media broadcasting company
• Westwood (lawn mowers), a British lawn mower manufacturer

Other uses:

• Westwood (computer virus), a minor variant of the Jerusalem virus
• TCP Westwood, a modification to TCP NewReno
• TCP Westwood plus, a modification of the TCP Reno protocol stack
• Baron Westwood, a title in the British peerage
• Sons of Westwood, fight song of the University of California, Los Angeles