Environment Agency011FWCN2ACumbria and Lancashire
Cumbrian coastline from Silloth to St Bees including Maryport, Flimby, Workington and Whitehaven: flood history since 2013
The Environment Agency has issued 16 flood warnings for Cumbrian coastline from Silloth to St Bees including Maryport, Flimby, Workington and Whitehaven since 4 Dec 2013, most often in January; the busiest year was 2014 (10).
Flood warnings on record
The flood area
- Flood area
- Cumbrian coastline from Silloth to St Bees including Maryport, Flimby, Workington and Whitehaven
- Code
- 011FWCN2A
- Environment Agency area
- Cumbria and Lancashire
- County
- Cumberland
- River or sea
- Irish Sea
- First in the history
- 4 Dec 2013
- Latest in the history file
- 20 Oct 2024
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 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 2013 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 |
|---|---|
| 20 Oct 2024 | Flood warning |
| 20 Oct 2024 | Flood warning |
| 31 Aug 2023 | Flood warning |
| 18 Feb 2022 | Flood warning |
| 2 Jan 2018 | Flood warning |
| 8 Oct 2014 | Flood warning |
| 2 Mar 2014 | Flood warning |
| 3 Feb 2014 | Flood warning |
| 1 Feb 2014 | Flood warning |
| 6 Jan 2014 | Flood warning |
| 4 Jan 2014 | Flood warning |
| 3 Jan 2014 | 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.