| Type: | town |
| Upper Blessington | |
| State: | tas |
| Pop: | 61 |
| Pop Year: | 2016 census |
| Pop Footnotes: | [1] |
| Postcode: | 7212 |
| Region: | Launceston, North-east |
| Location1: | Launceston |
| Dist1: | 48 |
| Dir1: | E |
| Lga: | Launceston, Break O'Day |
| Stategov: | Bass, Lyons |
| Fedgov: | Bass, Lyons |
| Near-Nw: | Tayene |
| Near-N: | Tayene |
| Near-Ne: | Upper Esk |
| Near-E: | Upper Esk |
| Near-W: | Burns Creek, Blessington |
| Near-Sw: | Blessington |
| Near-S: | Ben Lomond National Park |
| Near-Se: | Upper Esk |
Upper Blessington is a rural locality in the local government areas of Launceston and Break O'Day in the Launceston and North-east regions of Tasmania. It is located about east of the town of Launceston. The 2016 census determined a population of 61 for the state suburb of Upper Blessington.[1]
For the origin of the name, see Blessington, Tasmania.
Upper Blessington was gazetted as a locality in 1974.[2]
The North Esk River forms a small section of the northern boundary and then flows south through the locality before exiting in the south-west where it forms a section of that boundary.
Route C401 (Blessington Road / Upper Blessington Road) passes through from west to east. The C405 route (Camden Road) starts at an intersection with C401 and exits to the north-west. The C432 route (Ben Lomond Road) starts at an intersection with C401 and runs south-east before exiting.[2] [3]