Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 50.95°N -1.469°W |
Official Name: | Upton |
Static Image Name: | Romsey Road - geograph.org.uk - 1143967.jpg |
Civil Parish: | Nursling and Rownhams |
Shire District: | Test Valley |
Shire County: | Hampshire |
Region: | South East England |
Constituency Westminster: | Romsey and Southampton North |
Post Town: | Southampton |
Postcode District: | SO16 |
Postcode Area: | SO |
Dial Code: | 023 |
Os Grid Reference: | SU372169 |
Upton is a hamlet in the civil parish of Nursling and Rownhams, in the Test Valley district, in Hampshire, England, located approximately 1 mile north of Nursling.
It lies beside the main Romsey Road (A3057) leading north from Shirley as it rises over Horns Hill.[1] In the 19th century, the hamlet consisted of one or two cottages and a smithy, as well as country house known as Upton House.[1] The housing development of Upton Crescent was built in the 1930s on the site of the former Upton House.[2] The hamlet is near the starting point of the M271 motorway.[3]