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, but no shop or post office. 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 D-Day the US Army operated from an airstrip in Piddlehinton using Piper L-4 Grasshoppers of the 62nd Armed Field Artillery Battalion.[citation needed] 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.[2]
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.
piddlehinton, village, civil, parish, west, dorset, england, situated, piddle, valley, miles, north, dorchester, 2011, census, parish, population, formerly, constituted, liberty, containing, only, parish, itself, cottages, location, within, dorsetpopulation403. Piddlehinton is a village and civil parish in west Dorset England situated in the Piddle valley 5 miles 8 0 km north of Dorchester In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 403 1 Piddlehinton formerly constituted a liberty containing only the parish itself PiddlehintonCottages in PiddlehintonPiddlehintonLocation within DorsetPopulation403 1 OS grid referenceSY715972Unitary authorityDorsetShire countyDorsetRegionSouth WestCountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townDorchesterPostcode districtDT2Dialling code01300PoliceDorsetFireDorset and WiltshireAmbulanceSouth WesternUK ParliamentWest DorsetList of places UK England Dorset 50 46 26 N 2 24 17 W 50 7739 N 2 4047 W 50 7739 2 4047 Coordinates 50 46 26 N 2 24 17 W 50 7739 N 2 4047 W 50 7739 2 4047The 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 but no shop or post office 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 D Day the US Army operated from an airstrip in Piddlehinton using Piper L 4 Grasshoppers of the 62nd Armed Field Artillery Battalion citation needed 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 2 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 EditList of liberties in DorsetNotes Edit a b Area Piddlehinton Parish Key Figures for 2011 Census Key Statistics Neighbourhood Statistics Office for National Statistics Retrieved 13 March 2014 Piddle Valley ukcensusdata com Retrieved 26 February 2015 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Piddlehinton This Dorset location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Piddlehinton amp oldid 1082527843, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
