Tolpuddle ( /ˈtɒlpʌdəl/) is a village in the civil parish of Burleston and Tolpuddle, in Dorset, England, on the River Piddle from which it takes its name, 8 miles (13 km) east of Dorchester, the county town, and 12 miles (19 km) west of Poole.

[1] The village is well known as the home of the Tolpuddle Martyrs, six men who were sentenced to be transported to Australia after they formed a friendly society in 1833.

The annual Tolpuddle Martyrs festival is held in the village on the third weekend of July.

[3] In 1999, the A35 trunk road through south Dorset, was moved to bypass both Tolpuddle and nearby Puddletown.

[5] For elections to Dorset Council is part of the Puddletown and Lower Winterborne electoral ward.