Uplees

Uplees
Uplees  Uplees shown within Kent
Civil parish	Oare
District	Swale
Shire county	Kent
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Faversham
Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast
EU Parliament	South East England
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Coordinates: 51°20′36″N 0°52′10″E / 51.3434°N 0.8694°E / 51.3434; 0.8694

Uplees is a hamlet north of Faversham in southeast England. It was a key part of the Faversham explosives industry during World War I, with the Cotton Powder Company importing raw materials via the deepwater channel of the Swale, and the associated Explosives Loading Company exporting completed bombs and shells. Employees came to work from Faversham on the Davington Light Railway of which Uplees was the northern terminus.

At 2.20pm on Sunday 2 April 1916, a huge explosion ripped through the gunpowder mill at Uplees, when 200 tons of TNT ignited. The blast killed 105 people and many were buried in a mass grave at Faversham Cemetery.^[1]

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