Upton is a small village in Nottinghamshire, England, located 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Southwell, 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Newark and 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Hockerton; it lies on the A612 Nottingham-Newark road. In 1889 the village was described as sitting on a bend in the main road, "on the summit of a hill which commands a fine view of the Trent Valley...