Upton is a hamlet engulfed when the new town of Bexleyheath developed during the early Twentieth Century. It included for a short period
Red House[?] the elegant brick and tile home designed by
Philip Webb[?] for
William Morris, now preserved by the
National Trust. It also had a hospital that can still be seen on Upton Road in Bexleyheath. Administratively these settlements lie within the
London Borough of Bexley.