Affpuddle

Affpuddle
Parish church of St Laurence
Affpuddle Location within Dorset
Population	402 (2001 Census)
OS grid reference	SY807935
• London	121 miles (195 km)
Civil parish	Affpuddle and Turnerspuddle
Unitary authority	Dorset
Ceremonial county	Dorset
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	DORCHESTER
Postcode district	DT2
Dialling code	01305
Police	Dorset
Fire	Dorset and Wiltshire
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	South Dorset
Website	www.affpuddle.co.uk
List of places UK England Dorset 50°44′30″N 2°16′34″W / 50.7418°N 2.2762°W / 50.7418; -2.2762

Affpuddle is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Affpuddle and Turnerspuddle, in the Dorset district of the ceremonial county of Dorset, England, 9 miles (14 km) east of Dorchester. The local travel links are 3 miles (4.8 km) from the village to Moreton railway station and 20 miles (32 km) to Bournemouth International Airport. Part of the village street is the B3390, which divides the village into two. Affpuddle parish included the settlements of Briantspuddle to the east and Pallington to the south. In the 2001 census this parish had a population of 402.^[1] On 1 April 2010 the parish was abolished and merged with Turners Puddle to form "Affpuddle & Turnerspuddle".^[2] In the 2011 census this joint parish had 200 households and a population of 436.^[3]

Affpuddle village is in the Piddle valley, just north of the Purbeck conifer plantations and heathland, in a valley beside the villages of Tolpuddle and Puddletown. The village is linear and made of brick, stone and thatched cottages and has a 13th-century church dedicated to St Laurence.