Upton Scudamore

Upton Scudamore
Cattle and parish church
Upton Scudamore is located in Wiltshire
Upton Scudamore
Upton Scudamore
Location within Wiltshire
Population295 (in 2011)[1]
OS grid referenceST866479
Civil parish
  • Upton Scudamore
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWarminster
Postcode districtBA12
Dialling code01985
PoliceWiltshire
FireDorset and Wiltshire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
Websitewww.uptonscudamore.org.uk
List of places
UK
England
Wiltshire
51°13′48″N 2°11′35″W / 51.230°N 2.193°W / 51.230; -2.193

Upton Scudamore is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. The village lies about 1.8 miles (3 km) north of the town of Warminster and about the same distance south of Westbury. The parish includes the hamlet of Halfway.

The village occupies a ridge which is the watershed between tributaries of the Bristol Avon and those of the Hampshire Avon. Upton Cow Down rises above the village to the north-east, on the western edge of Salisbury Plain. Springs in the north of the parish are the source of the River Biss, known here as the Biss Brook.[2]

  1. ^ "Wiltshire Community History – Census". Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Upton Scudamore". A History of the County of Wiltshire, Volume 8. Victoria County History. University of London. 1965. pp. 78–89. Retrieved 14 March 2023 – via British History Online.