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Our Community

Introduction,

Upton is a small village in Rural Peterborough with around 30 houses, 3 farms, an equestrian farm, other local businesses and a population of around 70. The majority of the village is settled along Church Walk, with farms and the odd few houses on Main Road and Langley Bush Road. There are no bus services to and from the village and taxi fares exceed £15, meaning the village is quite isolated from shops and other amenities in the City.

Upton Community Council is a voluntary organisation run by local residents, with aims to maintain and improve our community, surrounding countryside, our village's church (St. John The Baptist Church) and providing help and support to Upton's vulnerable residents, by completing community projects, volunteering to help with projects, hosting community events & activities as well as providing advice, support, prescription/shopping pickup, a free help in the garden service to vulnerable village residents to meet our core aims.

Current Amenities,

Upton has many Footpaths & Bridleways to the North, East and some in the South, around the village, encouraging villagers to get active through walking, cycling and horse riding is a key aim of UCC. The village is also lucky to benefit from Upton Wood, an ancient woodland and The Castor Hanglands National Nature Reserve all on it's doorstep, giving locals acres of woodland to explore.

St. John the Baptist Church,

This ancient chapel-of-ease (Grade I listed) was built in AD1120 as a daughter church to St Kyneburgha, Castor. It is set in fields to the east of Upton village, 100 yards from King Street, the old Roman road from Castor to Lincoln. It became a separate parish in 1851, and in 1903 was united with Sutton. It is now part of the Benefice of Castor with Sutton and Upton with Marholm, and thereby retains its close historical links with Castor Church. Towards the end of the 12^th century, a North Aisle was added. The capitals and responds of the Arcade from that date still remain, although the rest of the North Aisle was widened in the 1627, to include the stone steps, piers and balustrading and to make space for the Dove tomb. The church was reordered in the “Laudian” style and includes a Jacobean altar, altar rails and pulpit dated c 1630.

The village church is the only site available to villagers for Community Events and gatherings, yet without proper facilities such as a kitchen, toilets and access to running water, it isn't suitable for most events. The church also has difficult access for disabled villagers and inadequate parking for vehicles. The church is unsuitable for the majority of community functions as it is a church, it has pews rather than open floor space, limiting it's uses.

The Local Area,

The Castor Hanglands,

Castor Hanglands is an 89.8 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Peterborough in Cambridgeshire. The site is also a National Nature Reserve, and it is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I for its woodlands and Grade 2 for its grassland. It is common land managed by Natural England.

Upton is a common destination for walkers visiting the Hanglands, the church's outdoor seating area serves as a regular rest point, by walkers wanting a place to rest while walking through the nearby woodlands and pathways.

Southey Woods,

Access to the wood from Ufford is either from the car park on Langley Bush Road or by the bridleway leading south off Marholm Road just east of the village. Originally known as Southehawe or south enclosure, is a popular destination for families and dog walkers as there is a hard track as well as waymarked trails through the trees. Cyclists and horse riders also use the bridleway which is linked to the route through Castor Hanglands to the A47 near Upton.

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