Upton
Upton, is a small hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Sheepy, in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England. It is on the Leicestershire and Warwickshire border west of Shenton and south-east of Sibson.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: hamlet in Leicestershire, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Upton, Leicestershire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St John the Evangelist, Shenton and Shenton railway station.
Shenton railway station
Railway station
Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shenton railway station is located about 1 mile from the village of Shenton, Leicestershire, England. It currently serves as a glassblowing studio Station Glass, cafe and ticket office. Shenton railway station is situated 2 miles east of Upton.
Kings Richard Well
Photo: Marion Haworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kings Richard Well is situated 2½ miles east of Upton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sibson and Shenton.
Sibson
Village
Sibson is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Sheepy, in the Hinckley and Bosworth district, in western Leicestershire, England, close to the border with North Warwickshire.
Shenton
Village
Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shenton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Dadlington and Sutton Cheney, in the Hinckley and Bosworth district, in the county of Leicestershire, England, situated 2.20 miles south-west of Market Bosworth.
Fenny Drayton
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Fenny Drayton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Witherley, in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England. It lies near the Warwickshire boundary, three miles south-east of Atherstone in the Coventry postcode area, just off the A444, the Roman Watling Street. Fenny Drayton is situated 2 miles southwest of Upton.
Upton
- Categories: hamlet and locality
- Location: Sheepy, Hinckley and Bosworth District, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.59353° or 52° 35′ 37″ northLongitude
-1.46371° or 1° 27′ 49″ westElevation
305 feet (93 metres)Open location code
9C4WHGVP+CGOpenStreetMap ID
node 435670224OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Polish to Swedish—“Upton” goes by many names.
- Polish: “Upton”
- Swedish: “Upton, Leicestershire”
- Swedish: “Upton”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Upton Barn Fishing Lake and Upton Barn Caravan and Camping site.
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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: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0.