Upton

Upton and its neighbour Upton Cross sit a quarter of a mile apart on the northeast flank of Caradon Hill in east Cornwall. The hamlet of Upton, recorded at grid reference SX 279 724, lies just north of Upton Cross and five miles northwest of Callington, on the B3254 between Liskeard and Launceston. This pocket of countryside falls within the parish of Linkinhorne and the PL14 postcode district in Cornwall, South West England. At Upton Cross, St Paul’s Church stands as a small mission church, built in 1887 to serve the needs of the local mining community in this corner of the parish. Together the two hamlets offer a compact snapshot of rural life around Caradon Hill, connected by a single road and threaded with the history of the area’s mining past. Whether passing through on the B3254 or pausing to note St Paul’s, Upton and Upton Cross provide a clear, unvarnished connection to their landscape and heritage.