{{Short description|Village in Dorset, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox UK place |static_image_name = Cottages, Piddlehinton - geograph.org.uk - 654861.jpg |static_image_caption = The Thimble Inn and dwellings in Piddlehinton |country = England |official_name = Piddlehinton |coordinates = {{coord|50.7739|-2.4047|display=inline,title}} |map_type = Dorset |population = 403 |population_ref = <ref name=ons>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11127557&c=Piddlehinton&d=16&e=62&g=6418536&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1394700444739&enc=1|publisher=[[Office for National Statistics]]|title=Area: Piddlehinton (Parish), Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics|accessdate=13 March 2014}}</ref> |unitary_england = [[Dorset (unitary authority)|Dorset]] |lieutenancy_england = [[Dorset]] |region = South West England |post_town = Dorchester |postcode_district = DT2 |postcode_area = DT |dial_code = 01300 |constituency_westminster = [[West Dorset (UK Parliament constituency)|West Dorset]] |os_grid_reference = SY715972 }} '''Piddlehinton''' is a village and [[Civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in west [[Dorset]], [[England]], situated in the [[River Piddle|Piddle valley]] {{convert|5|mi|km}} north of [[Dorchester, Dorset|Dorchester]]. In the [[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 census]] the parish had a population of 403.<ref name=ons/> Piddlehinton formerly constituted a [[Liberty (division)|liberty]] containing only the parish itself.
The local schools are Piddle Valley First School, St Mary's Middle School in [[Puddletown]], [[The Thomas Hardye School]] and Dorset Studio School in Dorchester, members of the [[DASP]] group. The village has one [[public house]] called The Thimble, the village has recently made a shop in the village not far from the Thimble inn [[public house]] The nearest shop is in Piddletrenthide. St Mary's Piddlehinton is the local church. A [[microbrewery]]—the Dorset Piddle Brewery—was established in Piddlehinton in 2008 and produces 300 gallons of [[ale]] every week.
During the build-up to [[Normandy landings|D-Day]] the US Army operated from an airstrip in Piddlehinton using [[Piper J-3 Cub|Piper L-4 Grasshoppers]] of the 62nd Armed Field Artillery Battalion.{{Citation needed|date=December 2013}} The exact location of the airstrip in Piddlehinton is unknown.
Piddlehinton is at the southern end of the Piddle Valley [[electoral ward]], which extends north up the valley to [[Buckland Newton]] and had a population of 1,988 in the 2011 census.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/piddle-valley-e05003763#sthash.jsPb1IvY.dpbs |title=Piddle Valley |publisher=ukcensusdata.com |access-date=26 February 2015}}</ref>
Piddlehinton run two adult football teams, which both play in the [[Dorset Football League]]. The First XI are in division 2, whilst the reserves are in division 3. The reserves are the current holders of Dorset Division 4, after winning the league in the 2017/2018 season.
==See also== *[[List of liberties in Dorset]]
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