Lower Stour from Sturminster Marshall to Christchurch

Farms at Sturminster Marshall, Cowgrove, Shops in Wimborne, Mill Street in Corfe Mullen, Bridge House Hotel in Ferndown, Brecon Close, Ringwood Road, Throop Road in Bournemouth, Barrack Road and Willow Way in Christchurch

Flood warning area River Stour Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Dorset Council Wessex In Lower Stour and tributaries

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Throop in this area

River Stour • Throop • 2.9 km (downstream)

Steady · normal

0.47 m

23min ago

Iford Bridge on the boundary

River Stour • Pokesdown • 6.4 km (downstream)

tidal gauge

0.31 m

23min ago

Wimborne on the boundary

River Stour • Oakley • 6.4 km (upstream)

River Stour • Blandford St Mary • 22.0 km (upstream)

Easing · below normal — Easing — down from 0.18 at 23:00, now 0.15

0.15 m

38min ago

Hurn Court

Moors River • Hurn • 4.1 km

Steady · normal

0.31 m

23min ago

Ferndown Tricketts Cross

Uddens Water • Ferndown • 4.5 km

Easing · normal — Easing — down from 0.60 at 01:30, now 0.57

0.57 m

9h ago

Bournemouth

Tide • Bournemouth • 6.5 km

River Avon • Burton • 7.6 km

Rising slightly · normal — Up 0.02 m since 11:15, rising slightly

0.31 m

23min ago

Walford Mill

River Allen • Wimborne Minster • 8.5 km

Steady · normal

0.14 m

23min ago

Flood Event History (38)

7 Feb 2026 at 8:07pm Flood Warning

22 Jan 2026 at 6:23pm Flood Warning

19 Dec 2025 at 7:07am Flood Warning

24 Feb 2025 at 9:01pm Flood Warning

27 Jan 2025 at 10:48am Flood Warning

6 Jan 2025 at 5:10am Flood Warning

24 Nov 2024 at 6:19pm Flood Warning

11 Oct 2024 at 11:54am Flood Warning

2 Oct 2024 at 7:00pm Flood Warning

29 Mar 2024 at 4:09am Flood Warning

4 Mar 2024 at 7:04pm Flood Warning

19 Feb 2024 at 1:04am Flood Warning

1 Jan 2024 at 10:55pm Flood Warning

5 Dec 2023 at 8:08am Flood Warning

3 Nov 2023 at 1:43am Flood Warning

16 Jan 2023 at 4:32am Flood Warning

14 Jan 2023 at 1:02pm Flood Warning

20 Dec 2022 at 3:17pm Flood Warning

1 Nov 2021 at 6:09am Flood Warning

22 Oct 2021 at 1:04am Flood Warning

16 Feb 2020 at 8:59am Flood Warning

17 Jan 2020 at 4:39am Flood Warning

28 Dec 2019 at 1:10pm Flood Warning

20 Dec 2019 at 2:40am Flood Warning

22 Nov 2016 at 1:25pm Flood Warning

29 Mar 2016 at 11:58am Flood Warning

8 Feb 2016 at 9:01am Flood Warning

5 Jan 2016 at 3:15pm Flood Warning

14 Feb 2014 at 5:11pm Flood Warning

6 Feb 2014 at 7:28pm Flood Warning

2 Jan 2014 at 3:36am Flood Warning

24 Dec 2013 at 5:58am Flood Warning

22 Dec 2012 at 8:15pm Flood Warning

21 Dec 2012 at 4:15am Flood Warning

21 Nov 2012 at 11:07pm Flood Warning

8 Jul 2012 at 9:23am Flood Warning

30 Apr 2012 at 4:36pm Flood Warning

26 Apr 2012 at 7:06am Flood Warning

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This area on the Environment Agency’s flood service →
Floodline quick dial: 166026 — call 0345 988 1188 and give that code for a recorded update on this area.
Area code: 111FWFSTOL800

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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Lower Stour from Sturminster Marshall to Christchurch

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