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Flooding possible. Be prepared.
High groundwater levels may lead to flooding. Flooding is possible from 09 February 2026 onwards. Groundwater levels have risen in response to recent rainfall. Levels are expected to stay high and flooding of fields and roads is possible. Levels are reactive to further rainfall. Flooding of roads and fields is possible. Where groundwater is near the surface, intense rainfall will lead to surface water flooding. Residents are advised to prepare property resilience measures and ensure that pumps are working where they have been installed. 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 1:00PM on 16 February 2026 or as the situation change
Information supplied by the Environment Agency
This information last updated 12:58pm, Monday 9th 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).
No current or recent warnings.
No current or recent warnings.
No current or recent warnings.
No current or recent warnings.
No current or recent warnings.