Westwood is residential area of the city of Peterborough

Peterborough

Peterborough is a cathedral city and unitary authority area in the East of England, with an estimated population of in June 2007. For ceremonial purposes it is in the county of Cambridgeshire. Situated north of London, the city stands on the River Nene which flows into the North Sea...

, Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west...

 in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

. For electoral purposes it forms part of Ravensthorpe

Ravensthorpe, Peterborough

Ravensthorpe is a residential area and electoral ward of the city of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire in the United Kingdom.Ravensthorpe County Primary School is located in the area; secondary pupils attend nearby Jack Hunt School in Netherton....

 ward. Manufacturers of industrial machinery, Baker Perkins

Baker Perkins

Baker Perkins Ltd is a machine manufacturing company based mainly in Peterborough.-History:The company has its origins with Jacob Perkins , an American inventor. His son, Angier March Perkins , founded the firm of A. M. Perkins & Co Ltd to manufacture his inventions...

, relocated here from London in 1903. HMP Peterborough

Peterborough (HM Prison)

HM Prison Peterborough is a Category B private prison for men, and a closed prison for women and female young offenders, located in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England...

, the first purpose-built prison to house both men and women, opened on the site of the former engineering works in 2005.

The housing estate was built in the early 1970s on land formerly in use as RAF Peterborough, a Second World War training base for allied

Allies of World War II

The Allies of World War II were the countries that opposed the Axis powers during the Second World War . Former Axis states contributing to the Allied victory are not considered Allied states...

 and Commonwealth

Commonwealth

Commonwealth is a traditional English term for a political community founded for the common good. Historically, it has sometimes been synonymous with "republic."More recently it has been used for fraternal associations of some sovereign nations...

 pilots. The adjacent Westwood Farm, formerly Horrells Dairies, is now home to the New Covent Garden Soup Company.

Highlees County Primary School is located in the area; secondary pupils attend nearby Jack Hunt School

Jack Hunt School

Jack Hunt School is a co-educational foundation comprehensive school and specialist language and sports college in Netherton in the city of Peterborough in the United Kingdom. The school currently has 1,466 pupils on the roll, aged 11 to 18...

 in Netherton.

Notable people from Westwood

Notable residents of Westwood include teenager Ross Parker

Murder of Ross Parker

Ross Parker , from Peterborough, England, was a 17 year old white male murdered in an unprovoked racially motivated crime. He was stabbed to death and beaten with a hammer by a gang of Muslim Asian youths of Pakistani origin described as a "hunting party" who were seeking a white male to attack...

, the victim of a racist murder shortly after the September 11th terrorist attacks.