Environment Agency monitoring station
Little Puddle
River Piddle · Piddlehinton · Frome, Piddle, Poole Harbour and Purbeck catchment
EA station reference
44220
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
- River Piddle
- Catchment
- Frome, Piddle, Poole Harbour and Purbeck
- Nearest named place
- Piddlehinton
- EA opening date
- 1 January 1992
- Coordinates
- 50.76710, -2.40075
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.
- Areas in Dorchester, West Stafford, Bockhampton, Lewell, Tincleton, Pallington, Waddock, Moreton, Wool and East StokeDesignated warning area · EA ref 111FWFFROL310
- Tributaries between Toller Whelme and DorchesterDesignated alert area · EA ref 111WAFFROU
- Groundwater flooding for Hilton, Milton Abbas and Milborne St AndrewDesignated warning area · EA ref 111FWGBER2
- Bridport, Chideock, Martinstown, Milborne St. Andrew, Nottington, Piddlehinton, Piddletrenthide, Upwey, Winterborne Abbas, Winterborne Kingston, Winterborne Steepleton, Winterborne Stickland, Winterborne Whitechurch and Winterborne ZelstonDesignated alert area · EA ref 111FAGWDGW
- Groundwater flooding for Minterne Magna, Minton Parva, Cerne Abbas, Nether Cerne, Godmanston, Forston and CharminsterDesignated warning area · EA ref 111FWGCER3
- Areas in Higher Frome Vauchurch, Frome Vauchurch, Cruxton, Notton, Frampton, Grimstone, Muckleford, Stratton, Bradford Peverell, Wrackleford, Charminster, Frome Whitfield, Wolfeton, Lower Burton and Cokers FromeDesignated warning area · EA ref 111FWFFROU210
- Groundwater flooding for the Devils Brook including Ansty, Cheselbourne and DewlishDesignated warning area · EA ref 111FWGDEV4
- Groundwater flooding for Up Sydling and Sydling St NicholasDesignated warning area · EA ref 111FWGSYD6
- Groundwater flooding for Alton Pancras, Piddletrentide, White Lackington, Piddlehinton, Puddletown, AthelhamptonDesignated warning area · EA ref 111FWGPID1
- Casterbridge Trading Estate, London Road, Mill Street, London Close, Durnover Court and Kings Road in DorchesterDesignated warning area · EA ref 111FWFFROU216
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.