Owlpen
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Owlpen is a small village and civil parish in the Stroud district of Gloucestershire, England, set in a valley in the Cotswold hills. It is about east of Uley, and east of Dursley. The Owlpen valley is set around the settlement like an amphitheatre of wooded hills open to the west. The landscape falls within the Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, so designated in 1966. The population of the parish in mid-2010 was 29 (est.), the smallest in Gloucestershire.
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cached 1703h agoPlace details
- Locality
- Stroud
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Owlpen
- UK place.static_image
- Owlpen in 2007.jpg
- UK place.static_image_width
- 250px
- UK place.population
- 32
- UK place.population_ref
- (2004 census)
- UK place.shire_district
- Stroud
- UK place.shire_county
- Gloucestershire
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Stroud
- UK place.post_town
- Dursley
- UK place.postcode_district
- GL11
- UK place.postcode_area
- GL
- UK place.dial_code
- 01453
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- ST799984
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Stroud
- Population
- 34
- Image
- Owlpen in 2007.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01453
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- Owlpen
- postal code
- GL11
- OS grid reference
- ST799984
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Name
- Archaeology
- History
- Owlpen Manor
- Owlpen House
- Owlpen Church
- References
- External links
Owlpen is a small village and civil parish in the Stroud district of Gloucestershire, England, set in a valley in the Cotswold hills. It is about east of Uley, and east of Dursley. The Owlpen valley is set around the settlement like an amphitheatre of wooded hills open to the west. The landscape falls within the Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, so designated in 1966. The population of the parish in mid-2010 was 29 (est.), the smallest in Gloucestershire.
A key feature of the village is a Tudor manor house, Owlpen Manor, of the Mander family. The main economic activities in the village are agriculture, forestry and tourism.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Owlpen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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