Environment Agency monitoring station
Wareham
Dorset Coast · Wareham · Frome, Piddle, Poole Harbour and Purbeck catchment
EA station reference
44202
Live measurement feed
Water level over the last seven days
Readings show measured change at this instrument. A station reading is not a flood warning and, without an official threshold, does not prove that the river is safe or dangerous.
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Station location
Blue point = monitoring instrument, not a reported flood.
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About this station
- Monitors
- Dorset Coast
- Catchment
- Frome, Piddle, Poole Harbour and Purbeck
- Nearest named place
- Wareham
- EA opening date
- 1 January 1992
- Coordinates
- 50.68350, -2.10893
Nearby designated monitoring areas
Directory areas whose reference point is within approximately 10 km. Proximity does not mean this station controls that area or that a warning is active.
- Castletown, Weymouth, Preston Beach, Swanage Bay, Studland Bay, Sandbanks, Poole Harbour, Bournemouth Beach, Hengistbury Head and Christchurch HarbourDesignated alert area · EA ref 111WACECD
- Swineham Point and The Moors, Wareham, Panorama Road, Grasmere Road, Seacombe Road, Brownsea Road, Banks Road and the car park on Sand Banks, PooleDesignated warning area · EA ref 111FWTPOOH010
- Poole Harbour and tidal stretches of the Lower Frome and River PiddleDesignated alert area · EA ref 111WATPOOH
- The Corfe Castle and Swanage areasDesignated alert area · EA ref 111WAFPURB
- Alton Pancras, Piddletrenthide, Piddlehinton, Druce, Puddletown, Athelhampton, Affpuddle, Briantspuddle, Throop and Wareham including Purbeck View ParkDesignated warning area · EA ref 111FWFPIDD410
- Tributaries between Alton Pancras and WarehamDesignated alert area · EA ref 111WAFPIDD
- Areas in East Stoke, Holmebridge, Stoborough, Stoborough Green, Wareham, Redcliffe, Ridge and SwinehamDesignated warning area · EA ref 111FWFFROL320
- Hamworthy Park and surrounding areas including Moriconium Quay, parts of Lulworth Avenue and parts of Branksea AvenueDesignated warning area · EA ref 111FWTPOOH011
- Wareham Quay, Ridge, Redcliffe and Swineham areasDesignated warning area · EA ref 111FWBPOOH013
- Lower Hamworthy and areas of Poole from Old Town, The Quay to Hunger HillDesignated warning area · EA ref 111FWTPOOH012
Nearby monitoring stations
Use nearby instruments for context, but do not compare absolute station-datum values as if they shared the same baseline.
Source and limits: station directory and readings from the Environment Agency under the Open Government Licence v3.0. API readings can be delayed or unavailable. For warnings and emergency advice, use the official GOV.UK flood service.