Upper Poppleton

Upper Poppleton
The pub and maypole in Upper Poppleton
Upper Poppleton Location within North Yorkshire
Population	1,997 (2011 census)[1]
OS grid reference	SE5554
• London	175 mi (282 km) SSE
Civil parish	Upper Poppleton
Unitary authority	City of York
Ceremonial county	North Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	YORK
Postcode district	YO26
Dialling code	01904
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	York Outer
List of places UK England Yorkshire 53°58′48″N 1°09′11″W / 53.980°N 1.153°W / 53.980; -1.153

Upper Poppleton is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of the City of York in North Yorkshire, England. It is situated by the west bank of the River Ouse adjacent to Nether Poppleton, and west of York close to the A59 from York to Harrogate. The village is served by Poppleton railway station on the Harrogate Line. According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 1,961,^[2] increasing to 1,997 at the 2011 Census.^[1] Before 1996, it was part of the Borough of Harrogate.

The name is derived from popel (pebble) and tun (hamlet, farm) and means "Pebble Farm" because of the gravel bed upon which the village was built.^[3] Upper Poppleton has been referred to as "Land Poppleton" and the neighbouring village of Nether Poppleton as "Water Poppleton" indicating their position relative to the river.

The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book and the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles.^[3] It became a Conservation Area in 1993.