Bosham and West Itchenor

Coastal areas of Bosham and West Itchenor, including Chidham, Broadbridge, and Bosham Hoe

Flood warning area Chichester Harbour West Sussex Solent and South Downs In Thorney Island to West Itchenor

Flood Warning Active Warning

Raised: 25 Oct 2026 at 2:06pm • Updated: 25 Oct 2026 at 2:06pm

High tides are expected to cause flooding on Monday.
Flooding is expected for 1 hour either side of Monday morning's tide at 11:00 on 26/10/2026.
The weather increases tide table values by 0.48 m. Total forecast tide is 5.42 metres Chart Datum (2.68 mAOD) at Chichester Harbour. Strong Southerly Force 6 wind. Flooding will affect Shore Road and a small number of properties in Bosham High Street and Gloucester Terrace. Water will reach the top of slipways in West Itchenor. Monday's evening tide at 23:15 on 26/10/2026 is forecast to be 34 cm lower (2.34 mAOD), with Tuesday's tides lower again, and without flood impacts. Wednesday's midday tide is currently predicted to be 2.4 mAOD, which may cause minor flood impacts to low lying land.
We are closely monitoring the situation .
Activate any flood protection products you may have.
This message will be updated by 6:00PM on Monday 26 October or as the situation changes.

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Bosham Moreton Road

Bosham Stream • Bosham • 1.5 km

River Lavant • Chichester • 5.9 km

Easing · normal — Easing — down from 12.67 at 07:00, now 12.64

12.64 m

49min ago

Graylingwell

River Lavant • Graylingwell • 6.8 km

Rising slightly · normal — Up 0.03 m since 03:00, rising slightly

0.02 m

34min ago

Emsworth

West Brook • Emsworth • 7.3 km

Rising · normal — Up 0.24 m since 09:15, still rising (0.21 m/h)

River Ems • Westbourne • 7.4 km

Tide • Selsey • 9.1 km

River Lavant • Havant • 10.1 km

River Lavant • Havant • 10.3 km

Hermitage Stream • Havant • 10.9 km

Rising · normal

5.11 m

34min ago

Flood Event History (27)

25 Oct 2026 at 2:06pm Flood Warning

30 Mar 2025 at 3:03pm Flood Warning

8 Apr 2024 at 1:56pm Flood Warning

28 Oct 2023 at 11:57pm Flood Warning

22 Mar 2023 at 11:59am Flood Warning

18 Feb 2022 at 8:02am Flood Warning

14 Nov 2020 at 2:06pm Flood Warning

13 Nov 2020 at 5:58pm Flood Warning

10 Feb 2020 at 3:22pm Flood Warning

8 Feb 2020 at 5:05pm Flood Warning

26 Nov 2019 at 4:11pm Flood Warning

30 Sep 2019 at 3:55pm Flood Warning

29 Sep 2019 at 3:35pm Flood Warning

28 Sep 2019 at 4:00pm Flood Warning

4 Jan 2018 at 7:47am Flood Warning

2 Jan 2018 at 7:54pm Flood Warning

13 Jan 2017 at 12:04pm Flood Warning

9 Oct 2014 at 7:17am Flood Warning

2 Mar 2014 at 1:00pm Flood Warning

14 Feb 2014 at 3:58pm Flood Warning

4 Feb 2014 at 3:22pm Flood Warning

3 Jan 2014 at 7:13am Flood Warning

2 Jan 2014 at 7:08pm Flood Warning

31 Dec 2013 at 6:00am Flood Warning

5 Dec 2013 at 4:00pm Flood Warning

14 Dec 2012 at 7:22am Flood Warning

17 Oct 2012 at 8:09am Flood Warning

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This area on the Environment Agency’s flood service →
Floodline quick dial: 316024 — call 0345 988 1188 and give that code for a recorded update on this area.
Area code: 065FWC1901

Live warnings and area boundaries are the Environment Agency’s and the EA is the authority on them. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. This area in the EA’s own data.

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