Environment Agency011FWCN3ACumbria and Lancashire
Cumbrian coastline from St Bees Head to Haverigg, along the coast from North Head to Haverigg: flood history since 2014
The Environment Agency has issued 22 flood warnings for Cumbrian coastline from St Bees Head to Haverigg, along the coast from North Head to Haverigg since 3 Jan 2014, most often in February; the busiest year was 2020 (8).
Flood warnings on record
The flood area
- Flood area
- Cumbrian coastline from St Bees Head to Haverigg, along the coast from North Head to Haverigg
- Code
- 011FWCN3A
- Environment Agency area
- Cumbria and Lancashire
- County
- Cumberland
- River or sea
- Irish Sea
- First in the history
- 3 Jan 2014
- 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 |
| 2024 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 2 | 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 2014 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 |
| 20 Oct 2024 | Flood warning |
| 20 Oct 2024 | Flood warning |
| 21 Aug 2024 | Flood warning |
| 24 Mar 2023 | Flood warning |
| 18 Feb 2022 | Flood warning |
| 16 Feb 2022 | Flood warning |
| 7 Dec 2021 | Flood warning |
| 4 Dec 2021 | Flood warning |
| 14 Nov 2020 | Flood warning |
| 12 Mar 2020 | Flood warning |
| 11 Mar 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.