River Stour, Dorset

River Stour
The Dorset Stour at Little Canford, just west of Canford Magna
Location
Country	England
County	Dorset, Wiltshire, Somerset
District	Salisbury, South Somerset, North Dorset, East Dorset, Poole, Bournemouth, Christchurch
Towns	Gillingham, Sturminster Newton, Blandford Forum, Wimborne Minster, Christchurch
Physical characteristics
Source	Stourhead
• location	St Peter's Pump, Mere, Wiltshire
Mouth
• location	Christchurch Harbour, Christchurch, Dorset
• coordinates	50°43′41″N 1°46′23″W / 50.72796°N 1.77295°W / 50.72796; -1.77295
Length	61 mi (98 km)
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	Allen, Moors River

v t e River Stour (Dorset)
Legend
Source Garden Lake New Lake Bourton Mill  A303  B3081 road Shreen Water B3081 road West of England Main Line River Lodden Stock Water West Brook Highbridge Mill Stour Provost Mill River Cale former route of the Cale West Mill Bibbern Brook Kings Mill River Lydden Cutt Mill River Divelish Sturminster Mill Weir B3092 road Fiddleford Mill Darknoll Brook Chivrick's Brook Manston Brook Fontmell Brook Cookwell Brook River Iwerne Durweston Mill  A357  Pimperne Brook  A354  The Tarrant River Winterbourne White Mill White Mill Bridge Old Mill B3078 road River Allen B3073 road  A31   A348  A348 & Longhams Bridge PS A348  A347  The Leaden Stour Throop Mill Moors River  A338  Blackwater Bridge Spring tide limit Limit of navigation  A35  Iford Bridge Normal tidal reach South West Main Line B3059 road River Avon Christchurch Harbour

The River Stour is a 61 mi (98 km) river^{[1][2][3][4][5]} which flows through Wiltshire and Dorset in southern England, and drains into the English Channel. The catchment area for the river and its tributaries is listed as 480 square miles (1,240 km²).^[6]