Upwell

   For the last 17 years, we have lived here in Upwell, a large village on the Cambridgeshire Norfolk border, a village with a great mix of history and modern, a village occupied still by a large number of Upwell families. To me it reminds me of how my own village in Hertfordshire used to be in the '70s and '80s, the people are friendly, the village has great amenities and when saying "good morning" to folk they answer and smile, sadly not always the case these days.

   For those cycling through Upwell there are some interesting buildings to look at along with the beauty of Well Creek running through the village with banks full of spring bulbs and leisure boats that pass through every summer.

   The 14th-century parish church of St Peter is one that like others in this area boasts an amazing angel timber ceiling with what can only be called the most wonderful angel carvings. The church also has many unusual features such as the Alms slot found in the back wall and the many stone carved gargoyles.

Upwell is also well known for its tramway that took passengers and agricultural produce into Wisbech, the track ran through the centre of both Upwell and Outwell before heading off towards the capital of the fens where produce was sold or dispersed to further locations such as March.
It is said that the Reverend Wilbert Awdry, vicar of neighbouring village Emneth based his famous "Thomas the Tank Engine" books on the Upwell tramway.
So if you are cycling through the village, please remember there are many resting places along the river at which to take a break and to take in a little of the wonderful rural atmosphere that fills this great fen village.