Upstreet is a village in the civil parish

Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...

 of Chislet

Chislet

Chislet is a sprawling rural parish in the northeast of the English county of Kent between the city of Canterbury and the Isle of Thanet. It is also the name of a village within the parish....

 in Kent

Kent

Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. It is in the local government district of Canterbury

City of Canterbury

The City of Canterbury is a local government district with city status in Kent, England. The main settlement in the district is Canterbury, the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury.-History:...

, and the electoral ward of Marshside.

Upstreet is a 'ribbon development' along the A28 road. The majority of houses are new and dating from the 1950s onwards. However there are a number of older houses such as Grove House or Upstreet Farmhouse, which was built in the 16th century and stands in an acre of its own land.

Close to Upstreet is the Stodmarsh National Nature Reserve

Stodmarsh National Nature Reserve

Stodmarsh National Nature Reserve lies in the valley of the Great Stour river, between Westbere and Grove Ferry, in the county of Kent, and forms part of the extensive Stodmarsh SSSI...

, Grove Ferry Picnic Area

Grove Ferry Picnic Area

Grove Ferry is near Upstreet, in Kent, England.This picnic site is maintained and managed by Kent County Council.It is beside the Grove Ferry Public House, built in 1831, ....

 and the River Stour

River Stour, Kent

The River Stour is the river in Kent, England that flows into the English Channel at Pegwell Bay. Above Plucks Gutter, where the Little Stour joins it, the river is normally known as the Great Stour. The upper section of the river, above its confluence with the East Stour at Ashford is sometimes...

.

Upstreet has a few services (a post office, two car garages, two elderly care homes and two pubs), but the number of services is declining due to rising car ownership. For example, 45 years ago there was a train station, haberdashery, greengrocer's, butcher's, baker's etc. However now there is no train station and the post office consolidates the uses of a post office, greengrocer's, haberdashery, baker's, butcher's, etc. under one roof. It has in the area one of the most haunted houses in South-East England, Upstreet Farmhouse is known for its ghosts in this
village.

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