 Westquarter can be accessed from the north via the A803 road and from the south via the B805 road.At the 2001 census the village of Westquarter was recorded as having a resident population of 1,105.In 1876 George McRoberts who already manufactured detonators (for mining) at Westquarter, was joined by Alfred Nobel to build the Nobel Explosives Factory in Westquarter.