Upton
Upton is a town in south-east Dorset, England. Upton is to the east of Holton Heath and Upton Heath, and to the north of the Poole suburb of Hamworthy. It is the second largest town in the Purbeck Hills.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: village in south east Dorset, England
- Also known as: “Upton, Dorset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Upton Library and Hamworthy railway station.
Hamworthy railway station
Railway station
Photo: John Lamper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hamworthy railway station serves Hamworthy, an area of Poole in Dorset, England. It is a stop on the South West Main Line, located 115 miles 77 chains down the line from London Waterloo.
St Aldhelm’s Church, Lytchett Heath
Church
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Aldhelm's Church is a private church in Lytchett Heath, Dorset, England. It was designed by George Crickmay for Lord Eustace Cecil and built in 1898. It has been a Grade II* listed building since 1984. The lychgate of the churchyard is also Grade II listed.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Turlin Moor and Lytchett Minster.
Turlin Moor
Suburb
Turlin Moor is a suburb of Poole in Dorset, England, located between Hamworthy and Upton. Turlin Moor is host to Hamworthy railway station. The two railway bridges at the end of the estate on Blandford Road form the meeting point between Hamworthy, Turlin Moor and Upton Park.
Lytchett Minster
Village
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lytchett Minster is a village in Dorset, England. It lies around 4 miles north-west of Poole town centre. The village forms part of the civil parish of Lytchett Minster and Upton, Upton now being a suburb of Poole.
Hamworthy
Suburb
Photo: Mike Faherty, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hamworthy is a suburb of Poole, in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole district, in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. It is sited on a peninsula of approximately 3 square kilometres that is bordered by the town of Upton to the north, Poole Harbour to the south, Lytchett Bay to the west and Holes Bay to the east. Hamworthy is situated 1½ miles southeast of Upton.
Upton
- Category: locality
- Location: Lytchett Minster and Upton, Purbeck District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.74071° or 50° 44′ 27″ northLongitude
-2.02827° or 2° 1′ 42″ westElevation
69 feet (21 metres)Open location code
9C2VPXRC+7MOpenStreetMap ID
node 29216609OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Upton” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Upton (Dorset)”
- Basque: “Upton”
- Dutch: “Upton”
- French: “Upton”
- German: “Upton”
- Irish: “Upton”
- Italian: “Upton”
- Persian: “آپتون، دورست”
- Polish: “Upton”
- Spanish: “Upton (Dorset)”
- Swedish: “Upton (Dorset)”
- Welsh: “Upton, Dorset”
- Welsh: “Upton”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Upton Post Office and St Dunstan.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Upton”. Photo: Mike Faherty, CC BY-SA 2.0.