Ugborough (/ˈʌɡbrə/) 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.^{[citation needed]} It has a small junior school and pre-school, a village hall, and a central square (the 4th biggest in the UK). It has had a football team for many years which now hosts three teams spanning ages from under-10s to under-16s. The under-16s finished third in the Pioneer Youth League in 2019. A public bus service runs through Ugborough, as does a bus to the local secondary school at Ivybridge. It holds a fair every year in July (Kai day), with traditional games and stalls. More recently a Drugs Awareness Group has been set up, catering to many of the village's children. Ugborough is 2 miles (3.2 km) from the Devon Expressway, the A38. The bulk of the village encircles 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 ‘splat the vegan’ to live music to themed evenings and even bitty.

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Ugborough
Ugborough square and St Peters Church
Ugborough Location within Devon
Population	1,884 (Parish) (2011)
OS grid reference	SX677557
Civil parish	Ugborough
District	South Hams
Shire county	Devon
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	IVYBRIDGE
Postcode district	PL21
Dialling code	01752
Police	Devon and Cornwall
Fire	Devon and Somerset
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	South West Devon
List of places UK England Devon 50.386137°N 3.860519°W / 50.386137; -3.860519

The parish, which had a population of 1,884 in 2011,[1] includes a number of settlements other than the village such as Bittaford, Wrangaton (which once had a railway station), Cheston, and Moorhaven Village.[2][3] To the southeast of Ugborough, still within the parish, is Fowlescombe Manor. Modern day Ugborough is home to the Ivybridge railway station which was reopened in 1994. It was reopened east of Ivybridge so that pp of Ugborough and Wrangaton could easily access it.

See also

• Redlake Tramway

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ugborough.

• A brief history of the village
• Ugborough and Bittaford Pre-school

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