Upottery

• Country — England • Official Name — Upottery • Population — 701 • Population Ref — (2011 census) • Area Total Km2 — 23.89 • Shire District — East Devon • Shire County — Devon • Region — South West England • Constituency Westminster — Honiton and Sidmouth • Post Town — Honiton • Postcode District — EX14 • Postcode Area — EX • Dial Code — 01404

Upottery takes up both sides of the upper vale of the Otter which flows to the English Channel south of Ottery St Mary and is a clustered village. Its northern limit forms the border with Somerset. Clockwise from which are the Devon parishes of Yarcombe, Stockland, Cotleigh, Monkton, Luppitt and Clayhidon.

Parts of the parish church of St Mary the Virgin date from the 12th century. The Viscounts Portman, as in Portman Square and surrounding areas of London, which remain the family hands, held the manor house and main lands here for about two centuries but in 1934 inherited a property in Wiltshire which they substituted for this home, casting off local landholding also to other ownership, on sale. The former World War II airfield of RAF Upottery is in the outer parts of the parish.

Housing type • Type — Number — Percentage • Whole house or bungalow: Detached — 227 — 73.9% • Whole house or bungalow: Semi-detached — 51 — 16.6% • Whole house or bungalow: Terraced (including end-terrace) — 18 — 5.9% • Flat, maisonette or apartment — 9 — 3.1% Most, 81.6%, of housing is owned (with/without mortgage); the next largest category is 12.0% which is privately rented, next is socially rented which is 3.9% of the stock as residents identified in 2011. 7.8% of the 307 homes had (in 2011) no usual residents. The United Kingdom Census 2011 recorded the population of the parish as 701.