Environment Agency011FWCN1ACumbria and Lancashire
Cumbrian coastline from Gretna to Silloth including Port Carlisle, Skinburness and Rockcliffe: flood history since 2012
The Environment Agency has issued 61 flood warnings for Cumbrian coastline from Gretna to Silloth including Port Carlisle, Skinburness and Rockcliffe since 17 Oct 2012, most often in January; the busiest year was 2020 (16).
Flood warnings on record
The flood area
- Flood area
- Cumbrian coastline from Gretna to Silloth including Port Carlisle, Skinburness and Rockcliffe
- Code
- 011FWCN1A
- Environment Agency area
- Cumbria and Lancashire
- County
- Cumberland
- River or sea
- Irish Sea
- First in the history
- 17 Oct 2012
- Latest in the history file
- 4 Apr 2026
- Current status
- check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk (the Environment Agency's live page)
Flood alert, flood warning, severe flood warning: what each means
Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
How many alerts and warnings a year?
Flood alerts, flood warnings and severe flood warnings (updates not counted), by year. 2026 runs to the end of June.
The numbers
| Year | Alerts | Warnings | Severe |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
When in the year?
All alerts and warnings since 2012 by month.
Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Before July 2026: the latest in the history file
| Date | Level |
|---|---|
| 4 Apr 2026 | Flood warning |
| 10 Sep 2025 | Flood warning |
| 20 Oct 2024 | Flood warning |
| 20 Oct 2024 | Flood warning |
| 18 Oct 2024 | Flood warning |
| 21 Aug 2024 | Flood warning |
| 12 Mar 2024 | Flood warning |
| 12 Feb 2024 | Flood warning |
| 30 Sep 2023 | Flood warning |
| 22 Mar 2023 | Flood warning |
| 16 Nov 2020 | Flood warning |
| 15 Nov 2020 | Flood warning |
Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.