Upton Dorset Map

About Upton

Upton rests in Dorset's embrace, a quiet corner of England where the air often carries the scent of damp earth and distant sea. It lies 4.1 km west-north-west of Poole (from Poole: bearing 302°T, OS grid SY 980 931), and is situated south-south-east of Beacon Hill village. The houses of Upton, many built of warm, honey-coloured brick, gather around a modest village green, where sunlight, when it breaks through the clouds, paints shifting patterns on the weathered stone of the church. Ancient hedgerows, thick with hawthorn and dog rose, trace the boundaries of fields that have yielded their bounty for generations. The land hereabouts gently slopes, offering glimpses of the wider Dorset landscape, a tapestry of arable fields and copses that seem to hold their breath in the afternoon light. Though no grand monuments define its silhouette, Upton possesses a grounded charm, a sense of enduring presence in the soft contours of the South West.

About This Upton Map Page

Explore Upton, Dorset, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 50.738371, -2.028843. 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.