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Coordinates: 50°23′10″N 3°51′38″W / 50.386137°N 3.860519°W
Ugborough 
Ugborough square and St Peters Church
Ugborough
Ugborough shown within DevonPopulation 1,736 (2001) OS grid reference SX677557 Parish Ugborough District South Hams Shire county Devon Region South West Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town IVYBRIDGE Postcode district PL21 Dialling code 01752 Police Devon and Cornwall Fire Devon and Somerset Ambulance South Western EU Parliament South West England UK Parliament South West Devon List of places: UK • England • Devon Ugborough is a village and civil parish in South Hams in the English county of Devon. It has a large church with a history going back to 1121. It also contains a Post Office, a small junior school and pre-school, a village hall and a central square. A public bus service runs through Ugborough, as does a bus to the local secondary school at Ivybridge. It holds a fair every year in July, with traditional games and stalls. More recently a Youth Group has been set up, catering for many of the village's children. Ugborough is 2 miles (3.2 km) from the Devon Expressway the A38. The main bulk of the village is situated encircling a central village square. In the village hall, which doubles as a pre-school, various entertainments are held mainly in the summer months ranging from live music to themed evenings.
The parish, which has a population of 1,736,[1] includes a number of settlements other than the village such as Bittaford, Wrangaton (which once had a railway station), Cheston and Moorhaven Village[2][3].
See also
References
- ^ "Neighbourhood Statistics - Ugborough (CP) Parish". Office for National Statistics. http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=793735&c=Ugborough&d=16&e=15&g=437115&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1208465020127&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779. Retrieved 17 April 2008.
- ^ Ugborough Parish Council
- ^ Moorhaven Village website
External links
Non-metropolitan district of South Hams List of civil parishes in Devon#South Hams Civil parishes Ashprington • Aveton Gifford • Berry Pomeroy • Bickleigh • Bigbury • Blackawton • Brixton • Buckland Tout Saints • Charleton • Chivelstone • Churchstow • Cornwood • Cornworthy • Dartington • Dartmouth • Dean Prior • Diptford • Dittisham • East Allington • East Portlemouth • Ermington • Frogmore and Sherford • Halwell and Moreleigh • Harberton • Harford • Holbeton • Holne • Ivybridge • Kingsbridge • Kingston • Kingswear • Littlehempston • Loddiswell • Malborough • Marldon • Modbury • Newton and Noss • North Huish • Rattery • Ringmore • Salcombe • Shaugh Prior • Slapton • South Brent • South Huish • South Milton • South Pool • Sparkwell • Staverton • Stoke Fleming • Stoke Gabriel • Stokenham • Strete • Thurlestone • Totnes Ugborough • Wembury • West Alvington • West Buckfastleigh • Woodleigh • YealmptonBold text denotes a parish council refered to as a "town council" i.e. towns. Categories:- Devon geography stubs
- Villages in South Hams
- Civil parishes in South Hams
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