Latest Update - 27 Feb 2026

Current Situation – 27 February 2026

At the time of writing, there are currently 34 groundwater flood warnings in force across the Dorset and Wiltshire area.
With a recent respite in the weather, groundwater levels have started to reduce in some areas, but many communities are still experiencing high groundwater levels and flooding. With further rainfall forecast through to Sunday, we anticipate groundwater levels to remain high.

Levels in West Dorset and Cranborne Chase are generally plateauing but remain high - with impacts still evident in many places such as Sydling st Nicholas and the Winterbournes.

In Salisbury Plain, levels are generally stabilising except for the Bourne Valley where levels are still slowly increasing - but at a much-reduced rate compared to the past few weeks.

Groundwater fed rivers are still seeing higher baseflows and remain reactive to rainfall.

What next- what we will be doing.

Many communities have been affected by groundwater flooding, and we continue to be out on the ground speaking to people who have unfortunately been flooded. Although many communities are well versed in groundwater flooding, some areas have experienced this type of flooding for the first time.

There are over 14000 properties across Dorset and Wiltshire that are covered by the Environment Agency’s groundwater flood warning service, however, only around 4000 properties have signed up for groundwater flood warnings.
Please make sure you know if you’re at flood risk-flood warnings are free and easy to sign up to. You can check your overall flood risk here https://www.gov.uk/check-long-term-flood-risk  and you can find the latest information here: www.gov.uk/checkfor flooding

We will be working with our partners in the months to come focussing on supporting communities to recover from this flood event.

We will continue to update this page when there is new information to report.