Representatives of the village have recently attended an awards evening to collect the Village of the Year awards.

Graham De Wilde and Mike Brown attended the Oxfordshire Village of the Year awards evening organised by the ORCC and held at Little Milton to receive on behalf of the village the plaque to record Upton as runner-up in the Vale District and to collect the cheque for £200.
The photograph shows Graham and Mike receiving the plaque from Brian Challis of Calor, the sponsors of the competition.