Upwood

Upwood
St Peter's Church, Upwood
Upwood is located in Cambridgeshire
Upwood
Upwood
Location within Cambridgeshire
Population1,287 (2011)
OS grid referenceTL257833
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHuntingdon
Postcode districtPE26
PoliceCambridgeshire
FireCambridgeshire
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament
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Cambridgeshire
52°26′N 0°09′W / 52.43°N 0.15°W / 52.43; -0.15

Upwood is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Upwood and the Raveleys, in the non-metropolitan district and historic county of Huntingdonshire, England, although in the administrative county of Cambridgeshire.[1] Upwood lies approximately 7 miles (11 km) north of Huntingdon, near Bury. In 1931 the parish had a population of 322.[2]

The village lies along the High Street which runs parallel to the main road from Great Raveley to Ramsey about 300 yards to the west. The church stands about the middle of the village and there are several 17th-century cottages to the north and south of it.

In September 1917, the Royal Air Force started work on RAF Upwood, a large airfield near the village used by both the RAF and latterly by the United States Air Force.

Three nature reserves, Lady's Wood, Ramsey Heights and Upwood Meadows, lie near to the village; the latter is a national nature reserve.[3]

The village has a free Book Exchange housed in a red telephone box.[4]

  1. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 142 Peterborough (Market Deeping & Chatteris) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2012. ISBN 9780319229248.
  2. ^ "Population statistics Upwood Ch/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  3. ^ Natural England
  4. ^ https://www.facebook.com/UpwoodBookExchange [user-generated source]