The Piddle Brook is a watercourse in Worcestershire

Worcestershire

Worcestershire is a non-metropolitan county, established in antiquity, located in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three counties that comprise the "Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire" NUTS 2 region...

; It starts in Kington

Kington, Worcestershire

Kington is a village in Worcestershire, England. Situated near to Flyford Flavell, the earliest known recording of Kington in the Domesday Book under "cyne-turne" – the "King's farmstead"....

 and flows past the villages of Flyford Flavell

Flyford Flavell

Flyford Flavell is a village in Worcestershire, England. It has a well stocked village shop and post office, an excellent pub in the centre of the village, and an excellent school. A garage and another pub lie on the periphery of the village....

, North Piddle

North Piddle

North Piddle is a small civil parish in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire, England. It is located at Piddle Brook.North Piddle is a historic parish and a few of the parish's structures have been designated as listed buildings by English Heritage, because they are structures of special...

, Naunton Beauchamp

Naunton Beauchamp

Naunton Beachamp is a village and is also a civil parish within Wychavon district in Worcestershire, England. It is in the centre of the county, about four and a half miles from Pershore and nine miles from Worcester....

 and Wyre Piddle

Wyre Piddle

Wyre Piddle is a village and civil parish in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire, England. It is on the River Avon, near where that river is joined by the Piddle Brook - between Evesham and Pershore...

 before joining the River Avon

River Avon, Warwickshire

The River Avon or Avon is a river in or adjoining the counties of Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire in the Midlands of England...

 near Pershore

Pershore

Pershore is a market town in Worcestershire, England, on the banks of the River Avon. Pershore is in the Wychavon district and is part of the West Worcestershire parliamentary constituency. At the 2001 census the population was 7,304...

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The Wyre Piddle Brewery is based about 1 miles (1.6 km) from the brook from which it takes the names of its beers, such as Piddle in the Hole, Piddle in the Wind, Piddle in the Dark & Piddle in the Snow.

In 2009 Worcestershire Wildlife Trust

Worcestershire Wildlife Trust

Worcestershire Wildlife Trust is one of 47 wildlife trusts throughout the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1968 to conserve, protect and restore the county's wildlife....

 purchased the meadows in Naunton Beauchamp

Naunton Beauchamp

Naunton Beachamp is a village and is also a civil parish within Wychavon district in Worcestershire, England. It is in the centre of the county, about four and a half miles from Pershore and nine miles from Worcester....

 which Piddle Brook flows through.

The brook is forded

Ford (crossing)

A ford is a shallow place with good footing where a river or stream may be crossed by wading or in a vehicle. A ford is mostly a natural phenomenon, in contrast to a low water crossing, which is an artificial bridge that allows crossing a river or stream when water is low.The names of many towns...

 on the road to Naunton Beauchamp at Sea Ford.

Origin of the name

William Henry Dugan, in his book Worcestershire Place Names, states that although the word "Piddle" is not listed in any Anglo-Saxon dictionary, it is found in a few places in Anglo-Saxon charters

Anglo-Saxon Charters

Anglo-Saxon charters are documents from the early medieval period in Britain which typically make a grant of land or record a privilege. The earliest surviving charters were drawn up in the 670s; the oldest surviving charters granted land to the Church, but from the eighth century surviving...

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Dugan believes that the word "Piddle" is an old English word for a small stream.