Lopen

infobox UK place
country = England
latitude= 50.9270
longitude= -2.8195
official_name= Lopen
population = 248ref|population
shire_district= South Somerset
shire_county = Somerset
region= South West England
constituency_westminster= Yeovil
post_town= YEOVIL
postcode_district = TA13
postcode_area= TA
dial_code= 01935
os_grid_reference= ST425145

Lopen is a village and civil parish in the English county of Somerset, situated eight miles west of Yeovil in the South Somerset district.

The village has a population of 248ref|population. It is listed in the Domesday Book.

The Parish of Lopen is bounded to the north by the A303 Trunk Road and to the south by Lopen Brook with the road from South Petherton to Merriott, Crewkerne and the South Coast running through the middle.

The only retail outlets in the parish are the pub and an organic food shop at Lopen Head, but although they are in the parish they are not really in the village itself which is located half a mile to the south. Furthermore the road from Lopenhead to Lopen descends steeply through a deep and twisty cutting with no pedestrian pavement, consequently these outlets cannot safely be reached on foot from the village.

Between Lopenhead and Lopen the road crosses the ancient Roman Fosse Way, which at this point is just a minor country lane. A spectacular Roman mosaic, probably from a Roman villa, was found in the village in 2001.

References

# Somerset County Council, 2002. [http://www.somerset.gov.uk/somerset/statistics/contents/population/estimates/2002mye/ Population estimates] .

External links

* [http://www.lopenmosaic.co.uk/ The Lopen Mosaic] .
* [http://www.lopen.org.uk/ Lopen Village Website]
* [http://www.somerset3d.co.uk/logos%20&%20pictures/town%20&%20village%20pages/lopen.htm Photos of Lopen in 3d (Anaglyphs)]