Country: | England |
Static Image: | The Anchor public house, Ropley Dean - geograph.org.uk - 311812.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | The Thai Lounge (formerly the Anchor public house), Ropley Dean |
Coordinates: | 51.0828°N -1.103°W |
Official Name: | Ropley Dean |
Civil Parish: | Ropley |
Shire District: | East Hampshire |
Shire County: | Hampshire |
Region: | South East England |
Constituency Westminster: | East Hampshire |
Os Grid Reference: | SU629318 |
Ropley Dean is a village in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is 7.3 miles (11.7 km) southwest of Alton.
The village has its own restored railway station on the Watercress Line. Trains from here connect with the nearest national rail station 7.3 miles (11.7 km) to the northeast, at Alton.
This Hamlet is relatively modern, prior to the later 19th century it only consisted of a couple of farms. Its name is first recorded in 1410 as L'Dene from Old English denu meaning valley.