Upton, Norfolk

Upton
Upton
	Upton Dyke
	Upton Location within Norfolk
Population	812
Civil parish	Upton with Fishley;
District	Broadland;
Shire county	Norfolk;
Region	East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Norwich
Postcode district	NR13
UK Parliament	Broadland;
	List of places UK England Norfolk 52°39′29″N 1°32′35″E / 52.658164°N 1.543149°E

Upton is a village on the River Bure in Norfolk, England within the Broads national park.

The villages name means 'higher farm/settlement'.^[1]

Administratively it comes under the civil parish of Upton with Fishley which in turn comes under the district of Broadland. It is 2 miles (3 km) north of Acle, halfway between Norwich and Great Yarmouth.

St. Margaret's Church^[2] is built in the Perpendicular style.

Upton Dyke, leading to the Bure, is 0.5 miles (0.8 km) long. At the end of the dyke, there is a rare post mill, Palmers Hollow Post Mill. Upton Boat Dyke Marshes is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the care of Norfolk Wildlife Trust. Upton Broads and Marshes is a Special Area of Conservation (SAC).

Panoramic view of the River Bure and marshes at the mouth of the Upton Dyke

References

^ "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
^ Friends of Upton Church

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