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Flooding possible. Be prepared.
Groundwater levels in the Cranborne Chase area are slowly falling, but remain over the flood alert thresholds. Flooding of fields and roads is still possible. Areas most at risk include the Iwerne and the Pimperne Brook areas. Levels are expected to continue to drop, but could react again to further rainfall. The start of this week sees brighter and drier weather, but further rainfall is forecast from Wednesday, which could see levels rise again. Where groundwater is near the surface, intense rainfall will lead to surface water flooding. We are closely monitoring the situation. Residents are advised to prepare property resilience measures and ensure that pumps are working where they have been installed . This message will be updated by 11:00AM on 23 February 2026 or as the situation changes.
Information supplied by the Environment Agency
This information last updated 10:52am, Monday 16th February.
Bishopstone, Bourton, Breamore, Britford, Broadchalk, Burgate, Chilmark, Coombe Bissett, Downton, Farnham, Fordingbridge, Hinton St. Mary, Homington, Mere, Pimperne, Ringwood, Rockbourne, Shapwick, Sixpenny Handley, T. Gunville, T.Hinton and T.Monkto
Region: Wessex
Country: England
Counties covered: Dorset Council, Hampshire, Wiltshire
Watercourses covered: Groundwater
The area bounded in blue on the map shows the area covered by flood alerts and warnings for Groundwater flooding in the Cranborne Chase area.
Note: the area shown on the map is the area covered by flood alerts and warnings. It is not a live map of current flooding. The area covered broadly equates to the area where the risk of flooding in any year is greater than 1% (the "hundred year" flood risk).
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