Wimborne Minster Flood Risk
Wimborne Minster has a Low flood risk from rivers and the sea , with 1.6% of homes in a Medium or High band. The nearest gauge is 1.3 km away.
Wimborne Minster has 16,364 residents and 8,295 homes. Ranked 1556 of 7,114 in England for rivers and sea flood risk.
What Is The River Level Near Wimborne Minster Right Now?
Read from the Environment Agency flood-monitoring feed at 20 Sept, 14:34 UTC. The highest level on record here is 1.998 m , reached on 24 December 2013.
When Has Wimborne Minster Flooded Before?
The Environment Agency holds 2 recorded flood outlines covering Wimborne Minster, the most recent dated 24 December 1989.
Absence of a record is not evidence that a place has never flooded — the Environment Agency states that a lack of coverage does not mean an area has never flooded.
What Does Wimborne Minster's Flood Risk Classification Mean?
3.8% of postcodes in Wimborne Minster sit in Flood Zone 3, the planning band for land with a 1% or greater annual chance of river flooding or 0.5% or greater of sea flooding — and the map that draws it deliberately ignores flood defences.
The flood risk band for rivers and the sea is Low , with 1.6% of homes in a Medium or High band. Unlike the Flood Zone, the band counts the defences that are actually in place, which is why the two can describe the same street differently and both be right.
Which Postcode Districts Cover Wimborne Minster?
Each district below is one postcode district that falls inside Wimborne Minster. The band is the one shared by most of that district's postcodes, so it describes the district rather than a single street — enter a full postcode in the checker for one address. A district can cover more than one town, and the district pages linked from the checker are keyed to the town that holds most of its postcodes.
| Postcode district | Postcodes here | Rivers and sea band | Surface water addresses |
|---|---|---|---|
| BH21 | 525 | Low | 280 |
What Else Is Near Wimborne Minster?
Other places on the River Stour, nearest to Wimborne Minster first.