page_title: Piddinghoe
section_title: Governance
hierarchical_section_title: Piddinghoe / Governance
caption_attribution_description: English: Etching by RH Nibbs (1816–93) of St John's parish church, Piddinghoe, Kent, seen from the southwest
context_page_description: 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 south of the former, downstream of Southease.
  The village was once a central player in Sussex smuggling. It is also notable for having the only remaining bottle-shaped brick kiln in the country.
  St John's Church is one of three in the Ouse Valley with a round Norman tower, the others being at nearby Southease and Lewes.
  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.
  An old saying of unknown origin says that "Piddinghoe people shoe their magpies". One theory is that this refers to the habit of shoeing oxen, which if black and white, were called magpies.
context_section_description: At a local level Piddinghoe is governed by Piddinghoe Parish Council. Their responsibilities include footpaths, street lighting, playgrounds and minor planning applications. The parish council has five seats available although only four were filled in the uncontested May 2007 election.
  The next level of government is the district council. The parish of Piddinghoe lies within the Kingston ward of Lewes District Council, which returns a single seat to the council. The election on 12 May 2015 returned a Liberal Democrat
  East Sussex County Council is the next tier of government, for which Piddinghoe is within the Newhaven and Ouse Valley West division, with responsibility for education, libraries, social services, civil registration, trading standards and transport. elections for the county council are held every four years. The Liberal Democrat Carla Butler was elected in the 2013 election.
  The UK Parliament constituency for Piddinghoe is Lewes. The Liberal Democrat Norman Baker  served as the constituency MP from 1997 until 2015, when Conservative Maria Caulfield was elected.
  At European level, Piddinghoe is represented by the South East region, which holds ten seats in the European Parliament. The June 2014 election returned 3 Conservatives, 1 Liberal Democrats, 4 UK Independence, 1 Labour and 1 Green, none of whom live in East Sussex.
caption: Piddinghoe Church in 1851
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