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Upton Park, London

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Template:Infobox London place Uptown Park is an area in the London Borough of Newham.

Uptown Park is centred upon Green Street, a high street that runs north-south between the A118 Romford Road and the A124 Barking Road. Green Street contains a large number of shops, both major chain stores as well as locally-owned shops, Upton Park Library, and Queen's Market, a covered food and clothing market. Many shops and market stalls specifically cater for east London's large Asian community. Upton Park tube station is also on Green Street, close to the market. There are plans afoot to demolish the market and replace it with a large Asda] store, luxury apartments and a smaller indoor market, something vigorously resisted by market traders and large sections of the local community.

The Boleyn Ground, the home stadium of West Ham United football club, is located at the northern end of Green Street, and is frequently referred to as Upton Park.

The name also refers to an area of secluded suburbia near the Norman settlement of Upton-cum-Chalvey in Slough, Berkshire.