Puddletown is a village and associated
civil parish in the
West Dorset district of
Dorset,
England. The village is situated about northeast of the county town
Dorchester and is sited by the
River Piddle, from which it derives its name. Its civil parish covers and extends to the neighbouring
River Frome to the south. In 2013 the estimated population of the civil parish was 1,450.