Upwood

Upwood

Infobox UK place
official_name= Upwood
country= England
region= East of England
os_grid_reference= TL257833
latitude= 52.43
longitude= -0.15
post_town=
postcode_area=
postcode_district=
dial_code=
shire_county= Cambridgeshire
shire_district= Huntingdonshire
population=
hide_services= Yes

Upwood, in Huntingdonshire (now part of Cambridgeshire), England, is a village near Bury south-west of Ramsey.

In September 1917, the Royal Air Force started work on RAF Upwood, a massive air force base near the village used by both the RAF and the United States Air Force.

Two nature reserves, Lady's Wood and Upwood Meadows, lie near to the village; the latter is a National Nature Reserve. [ [http://www.english-nature.org.uk/special/nnr/nnr_details.asp?nnr_name=&C=5&Habitat=0&natural_area=&local_team=0&spotlight_reserve=0&X=&NNR_ID=160 Natural England] ]

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External links

* [http://www.commanet.org/ccan/group.aspx?GroupID=yyym Upwood Community Archive]


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