Traditional county: Cambridgeshire · District / Borough: East Cambridgeshire · Region: Eastern
Explore Upend, Cambridgeshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Upend map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Upend, Cambridgeshire, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
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| Place | Upend |
| Traditional County | Cambridgeshire |
| District / Borough | East Cambridgeshire |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.197469 |
| Longitude | 0.487229 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Upend maintains a quiet resolve amidst the flat, expansive horizon of the East Cambridgeshire landscape, where the sky claims a vast portion of the view. It lies 4.7 miles south-east of Newmarket (from Newmarket: bearing 133°T, OS grid TL 700 583), and is situated north-east of Kirtling village. The earth here is heavy and dark, a fertile soil that has long dictated the patterns of local agriculture and the slow, deliberate pace of the passing seasons. A short distance to the south-west, the moated sites and earthworks at Kirtling Tower offer a silent, grassy reminder of medieval ambitions that once commanded these fields. The light in Upend often appears thin and silver, catching the edges of the hedgerows and lending the lanes a stark, analytical clarity. Further to the north-east, the site of the former All Saints’ Church remains as a ghostly anchor in the landscape, its foundations marking the quiet departure of a congregation long dissolved into memory. Upend exists as a series of low-slung, sturdy structures that seem to draw their strength from the very clay upon which they rest. Through the colder months, the wind sweeps across the open acreage with an unsparing velocity, stripping the trees to their essential geometry.
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Explore Upend, Cambridgeshire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 52.197469, 0.487229. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.
| Page built | August 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |