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Ugborough

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Population
  
1,736 (Parish) (2001)

Civil parish
  
Ugborough

Country
  
England

Shire county
  
Devon

Dialling code
  
01752

OS grid reference
  
SX677557

Region
  
South West

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

District
  
South Hams

UK parliament constituency
  
South West Devon

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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 small junior school and pre-school, a village hall and a central square. A public bus service runs through Ugborough (on Tuesday, Friday and Saturday), 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.

Map of Ugborough, UK

The parish, which has a population of 1,736, includes a number of settlements other than the village such as Bittaford, Wrangaton (which once had a railway station), Cheston and Moorhaven Village To the southeast of Ugborough, within the parish, is Fowlescombe Manor.

References

Ugborough Wikipedia