Environment Agency011FWFNC31CCumbria and Lancashire
Dragley Beck at Ulverston from Dragley Beck Bridge on Well Lane downstream to South Ulverston: flood history since 2017
The Environment Agency has issued 20 flood warnings for Dragley Beck at Ulverston from Dragley Beck Bridge on Well Lane downstream to South Ulverston since 11 Oct 2017, most often in October; the busiest year was 2020 (4).
Flood warnings on record
The flood area
- Flood area
- Dragley Beck at Ulverston from Dragley Beck Bridge on Well Lane downstream to South Ulverston
- Code
- 011FWFNC31C
- Environment Agency area
- Cumbria and Lancashire
- County
- Westmorland and Furness
- River or sea
- Dragley Beck
- First in the history
- 11 Oct 2017
- Latest in the history file
- 17 Dec 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 | 4 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017 | 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 2017 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 |
|---|---|
| 17 Dec 2025 | Flood warning |
| 1 Dec 2025 | Flood warning |
| 3 Oct 2025 | Flood warning |
| 20 Sep 2025 | Flood warning |
| 28 Oct 2024 | Flood warning |
| 19 Sep 2023 | Flood warning |
| 12 Jan 2023 | Flood warning |
| 10 Jan 2023 | Flood warning |
| 28 Oct 2021 | Flood warning |
| 28 Oct 2021 | Flood warning |
| 1 Nov 2020 | Flood warning |
| 11 Aug 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.