Upper Denton is a small village and civil parish in the north of Cumbria, England, about 1 km north of the A69 road linking Haltwhistle and Brampton.

The village is situated on the line of the Roman Stanegate road which ran from Corbridge (Coria) to Carlisle (Luguvalium).

Just 1 km to the north across the river Irthing is Birdoswald fort on Hadrian's Wall.

[1] The old roofless Bastle house just to the east of the church was at one time a Vicarage.

[2] An accident at the level crossing on 24 December 1970 led to a Department of the Environment report.