Piddinghoe

Piddinghoe
The Old Post Office, Piddinghoe
Piddinghoe is located in East Sussex
Piddinghoe
Piddinghoe
Location within East Sussex
Area3.8 km2 (1.5 sq mi) [1]
Population255 (Parish-2011)[2]
• Density180/sq mi (69/km2)
OS grid referenceTQ433031
• London48 miles (77 km) N
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNEWHAVEN
Postcode districtBN9
Dialling code01273
PoliceSussex
FireEast Sussex
AmbulanceSouth East Coast
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
East Sussex
50°49′N 0°02′E / 50.81°N 0.03°E / 50.81; 0.03

Piddinghoe is a village and civil parish in the Lewes District of East Sussex, England. It is located in the valley of the River Ouse between Lewes and Newhaven, five miles (8 km) south of the former, downstream of Southease.

Piddinghoe is regularly visited by sailing enthusiasts as the body of water by the village is a fine location for dinghy sailing in particular but also windsurfing.[3]

An old saying of unknown origin says that "Piddinghoe people shoe their magpies".[4] One theory is that this refers to the habit of shoeing oxen, which if black and white, were called magpies.[5]

  1. ^ "East Sussex in Figures". East Sussex County Council. Retrieved 26 April 2008.
  2. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Dinghy sailing and windsurfing". Retrieved 18 January 2009.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference salzman was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Newhaven to Lewes Archived 2009-08-16 at the Wayback Machine