Upwey
Upwey is a suburb of Weymouth in south Dorset, England. The suburb is situated on the B3159 road in the Wey valley. The area was formerly a village until it was absorbed into the Weymouth built-up area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: village in Dorset, England, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Upway” and “Upwey, Dorset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include The Royal Standard Public House and Ridgeway Hill Viking burial pit.
Ridgeway Hill Viking burial pit
Archaeological site
The Ridgeway Hill Viking burial pit at Ridgeway Hill near Weymouth, Dorset, was a mass grave of 54 skeletons, including 51 skulls, of Scandinavian men executed some time between AD 970 and 1025.
St Laurence’s Church, Upwey
Church
St Laurence's Church is a Church of England parish church in Upwey, Dorset, England. Much of the existing church dates to the late 15th century, with some earlier fabric and later additions of the 19th and 20th centuries. It is a Grade II* listed building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Broadwey and Littlemoor.
Broadwey
Suburb
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Broadwey was a former village in the northern suburbs of Weymouth, Dorset, England. It lies on the B3159 road. In 2001, Broadwey and Upwey ward had a population of 4,349. St Nicholas' Church serves the suburb, as did Broadwey Methodist Church until 2021.
Littlemoor
Suburb
Photo: Nigel Mykura, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Littlemoor is a suburb of Weymouth in Dorset, England. Littlemoor is about 2 miles to the north of the town centre. The nearest railway station is Upwey 0.5 miles to the west.
Nottington
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Nottington is a village within the Dorset unitary authority area of the county of Dorset, England. Its nearest town is Weymouth, which lies approximately 2.6 miles to the south-east.
Upwey
- Category: locality
- Location: Weymouth and Portland District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.66262° or 50° 39′ 45″ northLongitude
-2.46943° or 2° 28′ 10″ westElevation
141 feet (43 metres)Open location code
9C2VMG7J+26OpenStreetMap ID
node 1747166075OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Upwey” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Upwey (Dorset)”
- Basque: “Upwey”
- Dutch: “Upwey, Dorset”
- French: “Upwey”
- Irish: “Upwey”
- Polish: “Upwey (Dorset)”
- Polish: “Upwey”
- Spanish: “Upwey (Dorset)”
- Spanish: “Upwey”
- Swedish: “Upwey, England”
- Swedish: “Upwey”
- Welsh: “Upwey, Dorset”
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