Environment Agency011FWFNC14Cumbria and Lancashire
River Cocker at Southwaite Bridge: flood history since 2008
The Environment Agency has issued 9 flood warnings and 1 severe flood warning for River Cocker at Southwaite Bridge since 23 Oct 2008, most often in October; the busiest year was 2008 (2).
Severe flood warnings on record
The flood area
- Flood area
- River Cocker at Southwaite Bridge
- Code
- 011FWFNC14
- Environment Agency area
- Cumbria and Lancashire
- County
- Cumberland
- River or sea
- River Cocker
- First in the history
- 23 Oct 2008
- Latest in the history file
- 4 Nov 2025
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 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 2008 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 Nov 2025 | Flood warning |
| 27 Oct 2021 | Flood warning |
| 11 Oct 2017 | Flood warning |
| 5 Dec 2015 | Flood warning |
| 15 Nov 2015 | Flood warning |
| 22 Jun 2012 | Flood warning |
| 19 Nov 2009 | Severe flood warning |
| 19 Nov 2009 | Flood warning |
| 25 Oct 2008 | Flood warning |
| 23 Oct 2008 | 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.