# Piddlehinton

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Village in Dorset, England

Human settlement in England

Piddlehinton The Thimble Inn and dwellings in Piddlehinton Piddlehinton Location within Dorset Population 403 [1] OS grid reference SY715972 Unitary authority Dorset Ceremonial county Dorset Region South West Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town Dorchester Postcode district DT2 Dialling code 01300 Police Dorset Fire Dorset and Wiltshire Ambulance South Western UK Parliament West Dorset List of places UK England Dorset 50°46′26″N 2°24′17″W / 50.7739°N 2.4047°W / 50.7739; -2.4047

**Piddlehinton** is a village and [civil parish](/source/Civil_parishes_in_England) in west [Dorset](/source/Dorset), [England](/source/England), situated in the [Piddle valley](/source/River_Piddle) 5 miles (8.0 km) north of [Dorchester](/source/Dorchester%2C_Dorset). In the [2011 census](/source/United_Kingdom_Census_2011) the parish had a population of 403.[1] Piddlehinton formerly constituted a [liberty](/source/Liberty_(division)) containing only the parish itself.

The local schools are Piddle Valley First School, St Mary's Middle School in [Puddletown](/source/Puddletown), [The Thomas Hardye School](/source/The_Thomas_Hardye_School) and Dorset Studio School in Dorchester, members of the [DASP](/source/DASP) group. The village has one [public house](/source/Public_house) called The Thimble, the village has recently made a shop in the village not far from the Thimble inn [public house](/source/Public_house) The nearest shop is in Piddletrenthide. St Mary's Piddlehinton is the local church. A [microbrewery](/source/Microbrewery)—the Dorset Piddle Brewery—was established in Piddlehinton in 2008 and produces 300 gallons of [ale](/source/Ale) every week.

During the build-up to [D-Day](/source/Normandy_landings) the US Army operated from an airstrip in Piddlehinton using [Piper L-4 Grasshoppers](/source/Piper_J-3_Cub) of the 62nd Armed Field Artillery Battalion.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] The exact location of the airstrip in Piddlehinton is unknown.

Piddlehinton is at the southern end of the Piddle Valley [electoral ward](/source/Electoral_ward), which extends north up the valley to [Buckland Newton](/source/Buckland_Newton) and had a population of 1,988 in the 2011 census.[2]

Piddlehinton run two adult football teams, which both play in the [Dorset Football League](/source/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](/source/List_of_liberties_in_Dorset)

## Notes

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ons_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ons_1-1) ["Area: Piddlehinton (Parish), Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics"](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). *Neighbourhood Statistics*. [Office for National Statistics](/source/Office_for_National_Statistics). Retrieved 13 March 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Piddle Valley"](http://www.ukcensusdata.com/piddle-valley-e05003763#sthash.jsPb1IvY.dpbs). ukcensusdata.com. Retrieved 26 February 2015.

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