Environment Agency011FWFNC17ACumbria and Lancashire
Rivers Kent and Mint at Kendal, Westmorland Business Park, Burneside Road, Benson Green: flood history since 2008
The Environment Agency has issued 10 flood warnings and 2 severe flood warnings for Rivers Kent and Mint at Kendal, Westmorland Business Park, Burneside Road, Benson Green since 25 Oct 2008, most often in December; the busiest year was 2015 (5).
Severe flood warnings on record
The flood area
- Flood area
- Rivers Kent and Mint at Kendal, Westmorland Business Park, Burneside Road, Benson Green
- Code
- 011FWFNC17A
- Environment Agency area
- Cumbria and Lancashire
- County
- Westmorland and Furness
- River or sea
- River Kent
- First in the history
- 25 Oct 2008
- Latest in the history file
- 21 Jan 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 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2008 | 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 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 |
|---|---|
| 21 Jan 2024 | Flood warning |
| 15 Feb 2020 | Flood warning |
| 9 Feb 2020 | Flood warning |
| 22 Nov 2017 | Flood warning |
| 26 Dec 2015 | Flood warning |
| 22 Dec 2015 | Flood warning |
| 5 Dec 2015 | Severe flood warning |
| 5 Dec 2015 | Flood warning |
| 14 Nov 2015 | Severe flood warning |
| 19 Nov 2009 | Flood warning |
| 12 Jan 2009 | Flood warning |
| 25 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.