Environment Agency22 Oct 2026
Flood alert: East coast of Dorset
The Environment Agency raised a flood alert for East coast of Dorset (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Dorset Council). The Environment Agency has issued 168 flood alerts, 0 flood warnings and 0 severe flood warnings for this area since 7 Jun 2012 (the area's history).
Flood alert
The notice
- Issued by
- Environment Agency
- Area
- East coast of Dorset
- Level
- Flood alert
- Issued
- 15:23, 22 Oct 2026
- County
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Dorset Council
- River or sea
- English Channel
- Flood area code
- 111WACECD
- Official source
- Environment Agency: the notice at its source
East coast of Dorset: every alert and warning since 2012England's flood areas ranked by alerts and warnings
Source: Environment Agency: the notice at its source. AreaZine rebuilds this page from the agency's record; the agency's page is the one to act on. This uses Environment Agency flood and river level data from the real-time data API (Beta). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
The notice as issued
High tides tomorrow morning may lead to flooding. Flooding is possible from 03:20am to 7:20am on 23/10/2026. Areas most at risk include Castletown, and Preston Beach at Weymouth. Other areas at Swanage Bay, Studland Bay, Sandbanks, Poole Harbour, Bournemouth Beach, Hengistbury Head and Christchurch Harbour may also be affected. The detailed tidal forecast for those who use it is for a peak level at Weymouth of 1.56mAODN at 05:20 with southerly force 7 winds. (mAODN is height above average sea level.) We are closely monitoring the situation . Avoid coastal roads, footpaths and carparks, which may be flooded. This message will be updated by 3:30PM on Friday 23 October or as the situation changes.
Source: Environment Agency: the notice at its source. The text is the agency's, unedited. This uses Environment Agency flood and river level data from the real-time data API (Beta). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
The record around this notice
- East coast of Dorset: every alert and warning since 2012168 in all
- England's flood areas ranked by alerts and warnings
- Flood alerts and warnings, October 202662 in the month
- The latest from the Environment Agency
- Every warning and recall in the United Kingdom
- Flood alert, flood warning, severe flood warning