Upshire
Upshire is a village in the civil parish of Waltham Abbey in the Epping Forest District of Essex, England. The centre of the village is on Horseshoe Hill, on which is The Horseshoe public house, and the church of St Thomas, a Grade II* listed building in Arts and Crafts style dating from 1902.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in Essex, England
- Also known as: “Upshire, Essex”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Copped Hall and Waltham Abbey Church.
Copped Hall
Ruins
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Copped Hall, also known as Copt Hall or Copthall, is a mid-18th-century English country house close to Waltham Abbey, Essex, which has been undergoing restoration since 1999.
Waltham Abbey Church
Church
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The Abbey Church of Waltham Holy Cross and St Lawrence, also known as Waltham Abbey or Waltham Abbey Church, is the parish church of the town of Waltham Abbey, Essex, England. Waltham Abbey Church is situated 2 miles west of Upshire.
Epping Forest District Museum
Museum
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Epping Forest District Museum is situated 2 miles west of Upshire.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ambresbury Banks and Great Monk Wood.
Ambresbury Banks
Locality
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Ambresbury Banks is the name given to the remains of an Iron Age hill fort in Epping Forest, Essex, England. It lies in 'Long Running & Ambresbury Banks', south of Bell Common and north of Loughton and its neighbouring hillfort Loughton Camp.
Great Monk Wood
Locality
Great Monk Wood is a wood within Epping Forest, in Essex, England. The wood, in the parish of Loughton, is centred on the Wakes Arms junction roundabout of the A104 Epping New Road, and the A121, and is southwest from the town of Epping and north from Loughton. Great Monk Wood is situated 2 miles south of Upshire.
Waltham Abbey
Suburb
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Waltham Abbey is a town and civil parish in the Epping Forest District of Essex, England. It lies just outside the administrative boundary of Greater London and is 13.5 miles north-east of Charing Cross in central London. Waltham Abbey is situated 2 miles west of Upshire.
Upshire
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Waltham Abbey, Epping Forest District, Essex, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.69095° or 51° 41′ 27″ northLongitude
0.04486° or 0° 2′ 42″ eastElevation
253 feet (77 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB UPSOpen location code
9F32M2RV+9WOpenStreetMap ID
node 1608537020OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
6690800Wikidata ID
Q7899258
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In Other Languages
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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