Most of Upper Caldecote is situated directly to the west of the A1 road, with facilities including Caldecote CE Academy (a lower school), a post office, Anglican church, Methodist chapel, antiques shop, garage, G&M Growers, cricket club, football pitches and changing rooms, tennis courts, netball court, children's park and two newsagents.

Landscape The village lies within the Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire Claylands (NCA 88) as designated by Natural England.

[3] Central Bedfordshire Council has locally classified the landscape as Lower Ivel Clay Valley (type 4B) where flat, open arable fields predominate.

[5] Geology, soil type and land use The village lies on glacial gravel.

[6] The soil has low fertility, is freely draining and slightly acid with a loamy texture.

A public footpath runs from the thatched weatherboarded cottage on the Biggleswade Road to Beeston.

Upper Caldecote is in the North East Bedfordshire parliamentary constituency.

74 to Biggleswade and Bedford is operated by Grant Palmer and runs most hours, morning to early evening, Monday to Saturday.