Westmill village and civil parish is in East Hertfordshire and situated to the south of Buntingford. The parish includes the hamlet of Cherry Green. The centre of Westmill is lined with village greens and well-maintained lime trees that enhance the many thatched and period properties that adjoin them. The majority of the parish’s 48 listed buildings are situated in the village itself.

The large medieval parish church, dedicated to St Mary the Virgin and restored in the 19th century, shows signs of a Saxon origin. It is one of a large number of historic buildings in the village. One, a thatched cottage named Button Snap at Cherry Green, was owned by the writer Charles Lamb from 1812 to 1815.   

Many of the key assets in the village are maintained by the T & M Greg Trust. The Trust was set up for the benefit of the inhabitants of the area and is responsible for the village hall and cottage, almshouses, allotments and copse, children’s playground, recreation ground (home to one of the few remaining village football teams, Westmill BOCA), grazing field and Jackson’s Meadow. Mary Greg also donated generously to the Ruskin Collection and bequeathed houses in Westmill, which today are the responsibility of The Guild of St George, founded by John Ruskin in 1871.

The well-known Sword Inn Hand pub has a wide patronage, its grade II listed building on the main street dates from the 16th century. Around the attractive, central village green and a highlight for visitors is the Westmill Tearoom, village hall (the term time location for Westmill Nursery school) and the grade II listed almshouses in Pilgrims Close.

Village residents administer a WhatsApp group and Facebook page for the village to communicate any activities taking place as well as reporting on local issues and providing information on local services for the whole community.