Wimborne water level

Name: Wimborne water level (Environment Agency)
Creator: Environment Agency
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

River gauge, River Stour, Dorset, United Kingdom

Directions

Below the normal range

Water level

0.39m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured 18 Oct 2026, 03:45 BST (25 min ago)

History

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Water level Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

The River Stour at Wimborne is running below normal at 0.39 m.

The usual range here runs from 0.46 m to 1.26 m.

It has barely moved over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. In the last month it has stayed between 0.32 m and 0.44 m.

Autumn rain usually starts to lift rivers again after the summer low.

Compared with the normal range the agency publishes for this gauge. How to read levels

Key numbers

Normal range: 0.46 m – 1.26 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 0.32 m – 0.44 m
Highest on record: 2.00 mDecember 24, 2013
Lowest on record: 0.08 mApril 4, 2005

Fishing and paddling

At low levels, many rivers become a walk-and-paddle trip. Fish hold in deeper pools and spook easily.

Flood alerts and warnings come from the Environment Agency.

About the River Stour

The River Stour is a river in Kent, England that flows into the North Sea at Pegwell Bay. Above Plucks Gutter, where the Little Stour joins it, the river is normally known as the Great Stour. The upper section of the river, above its confluence with the East Stour at Ashford is sometimes known as the Upper Great Stour or West Stour. In the tidal lower reaches, the artificial Stonar Cut short cuts a large loop in the natural river.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 3.1 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 13° 6° – Wind 18 km/h

19 Mon 14° 8° 3.7 mm, 83% Wind 17 km/h

20 Tue 13° 8° 6.6 mm, 84% Wind 10 km/h

21 Wed 14° 7° 1.8 mm, 41% Wind 32 km/h

22 Thu 15° 7° 5.8 mm, 86% Wind 16 km/h

23 Fri 11° 7° 27 mm, 86% Wind 36 km/h

24 Sat 11° 5° 1.4 mm, 63% Wind 24 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:36 AM Sunset 06:12 PM Daylight 10 hr, 36 min First quarter 46%

Map

Other gauges on the River Stour

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
ThroopRiver gauge, River Stour	0.31 m	Low	−0.01 m	9.3 km
Iford BridgeRiver gauge, River Stour	0.15 m	Normal	−0.35 m	13 km
BlandfordRiver gauge, River Stour	0.07 m	Lowest on record	−0.01 m	16 km
HammoonRiver gauge, River Stour	0.14 m	Low	±0	26 km
Gillingham Le Neubourg WayRiver gauge, River Stour	0.36 m	Normal	+0.02 m	35 km
ShipstonRiver gauge, River Stour	0.26 m	Normal	±0	143 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Walford MillRiver gauge, River Allen	0.08 m	Very low	±0	2.3 km
Badbury RingsGroundwater well	21.64 m	Lowest on record	±0	6.6 km
Ferndown Tricketts CrossRiver gauge, Uddens Water	0.35 m	Normal	−0.03 m	7.1 km
Sturminster Marshall Maggs BridgeRiver gauge, River Winterbourne	0.02 m	Normal	±0	8.2 km
Horton InnGroundwater well	0.41 m	Low	+0.01 m	9.5 km
Loverley FarmRiver gauge, River Allen	0.43 m	Very low	±0	9.6 km
Hurn CourtRiver gauge, Moors River	0.22 m	Low	−0.01 m	10 km
Ringwood Old CottageRiver gauge, Bickerly Mill Stream	0.12 m	Normal	±0	13 km

Questions and answers

What is the typical range for the River Stour at Wimborne?

The Environment Agency gives a typical range of 0.46 m to 1.26 m for this gauge.

Is the river level the same as the depth of the water?

No. The reading is measured from a fixed zero mark at the gauge, so 0.39 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Wimborne today?

On 18 Oct 2026, 03:45 BST, the water level was 0.39 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Wimborne rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Down 0.02 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Wimborne normal?

Below the normal range. Compared with the normal range the agency publishes for this gauge.

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Wimborne?

The highest level on record is 2.00 m on December 24, 2013. The lowest is 0.08 m on April 4, 2005.

How often is this data updated?

The Environment Agency publishes a new reading every 15 minutes. This page refreshes within minutes of each update.

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads

Operator: Environment Agency
Station code: ea:43213 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 50.79136, -1.96697 (WGS84)
Vertical datum: station datum
Update interval: every 15 minutes
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains Environment Agency data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0

Published series

Parameter	Last value	Time (UTC)	Quality
Water level	0.39 m	2026-10-18 02:45	Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Wimborne (ea:43213). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/dorset/wimborne

How we check values

Each reading is stored as published. We hold back values that jump faster than physically plausible and show the measurement time with every value.

Readings are provisional, can be delayed or wrong and are not a flood warning. Read the disclaimer