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Flooding expected. Take action now.
High groundwater levels are expected to cause flooding. Groundwater levels in West Dorset are high and remain reactive to further rainfall. Areas that could be affected include: Winterbourne Whitechurch, Winterbourne Kingston, Winterbourne Zelston and Newton Perverill. The groundwater level at the Delcombe Wood borehole is at 142.06m, and remains above the flood warning threshold. Residents are advised to prepare property resilience measures and ensure that pumps are working where they have been installed. Residents may experience inundation of septic tanks. Flooding of roads is expected, take particular care when driving, both for your own safety and to prevent flooding. We are closely monitoring the situation. If you have a pump, make sure it is working and switched on. Think about alternative power sources in case of power cuts. This message will be updated by 2:30PM on 3 March 2026 or as the situation changes.
Information supplied by the Environment Agency
This information last updated 3:04pm, Tuesday 24th February.
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Thu 5 Mar 2026, 3:58pm
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Tue 3 Mar 2026, 2:19pm
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Tue 24 Feb 2026, 3:04pm
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Tue 17 Feb 2026, 11:46am
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Tue 10 Feb 2026, 3:29pm
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Tue 3 Feb 2026, 4:23pm
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Tue 27 Jan 2026, 4:46pm
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Wed 20 Mar 2024, 4:48pm
Flood warning
Mon 11 Mar 2024, 3:32pm
Flood warning
Tue 5 Mar 2024, 2:50pm
Groundwater flooding on the Winterborne South of the A354 including Winterborne Whitechurch, Kingston, Muston, Anderson, Tomson, Zelston, Mapperton, Almer and Newton Peveril
Region: Wessex
Country: England
Counties covered: Dorset Council
Watercourses covered: Groundwater
The area bounded in blue on the map shows the area covered by flood alerts and warnings for Groundwater flooding for the North Winterborne, south of the A354.
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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