diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj
index a635180419..3269f48e57 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj
@@ -421,6 +421,9 @@
     <Compile Include="umbraco.presentation\umbraco\nodeFactory\Node.cs" />
     <Compile Include="umbraco.presentation\umbraco\nodeFactory\Nodes.cs" />
     <Compile Include="umbraco.presentation\umbraco\nodeFactory\Property.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="UmbracoUserControl.cs">
+      <SubType>ASPXCodeBehind</SubType>
+    </Compile>
     <Compile Include="WebBootManager.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Routing\LegacyRequestInitializer.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Mvc\ControllerExtensions.cs" />
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/UmbracoUserControl.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/UmbracoUserControl.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e9f3444483
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/UmbracoUserControl.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+using System;
+using System.Web.UI;
+using Umbraco.Core;
+using Umbraco.Core.Services;
+
+namespace Umbraco.Web
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// A base class for all Presentation UserControls to inherit from
+    /// </summary>
+    public abstract class UmbracoUserControl : UserControl
+    {
+         /// <summary>
+		/// Default constructor
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <param name="umbracoContext"></param>
+		protected UmbracoUserControl(UmbracoContext umbracoContext)
+		{
+            if (umbracoContext == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("umbracoContext");
+            UmbracoContext = umbracoContext;
+            InstanceId = Guid.NewGuid();
+            Umbraco = new UmbracoHelper(umbracoContext);
+		}
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Empty constructor, uses Singleton to resolve the UmbracoContext
+		/// </summary>
+        protected UmbracoUserControl()
+			: this(UmbracoContext.Current)
+		{			
+		}
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Useful for debugging
+        /// </summary>
+        internal Guid InstanceId { get; private set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Returns an UmbracoHelper object
+        /// </summary>
+        public UmbracoHelper Umbraco { get; private set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Returns the current UmbracoContext
+        /// </summary>
+        public UmbracoContext UmbracoContext { get; private set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Returns the current ApplicationContext
+        /// </summary>
+        public ApplicationContext ApplicationContext
+        {
+            get { return UmbracoContext.Application; }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Returns a ServiceContext
+        /// </summary>
+        public ServiceContext Services
+        {
+            get { return ApplicationContext.Services; }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Returns a DatabaseContext
+        /// </summary>
+        public DatabaseContext DatabaseContext
+        {
+            get { return ApplicationContext.DatabaseContext; }
+        }
+    }
+}
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