Environment Agency012FWCTL05ACumbria and Lancashire
Lancashire coastline at Sunderland, around Sunderland Point, Bazil Point and Potts Corner: flood history since 2013
The Environment Agency has issued 33 flood warnings for Lancashire coastline at Sunderland, around Sunderland Point, Bazil Point and Potts Corner since 4 Dec 2013, most often in March; the busiest year was 2024 (9).
Flood warnings on record
The flood area
- Flood area
- Lancashire coastline at Sunderland, around Sunderland Point, Bazil Point and Potts Corner
- Code
- 012FWCTL05A
- Environment Agency area
- Cumbria and Lancashire
- County
- Lancashire
- River or sea
- Irish Sea
- First in the history
- 4 Dec 2013
- Latest in the history file
- 10 Sep 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 |
| 2024 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 8 | 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 |
|---|---|
| 10 Sep 2025 | Flood warning |
| 20 Oct 2024 | Flood warning |
| 18 Oct 2024 | Flood warning |
| 17 Oct 2024 | Flood warning |
| 22 Aug 2024 | Flood warning |
| 21 Aug 2024 | Flood warning |
| 9 Apr 2024 | Flood warning |
| 13 Mar 2024 | Flood warning |
| 12 Mar 2024 | Flood warning |
| 12 Feb 2024 | Flood warning |
| 30 Sep 2023 | Flood warning |
| 21 Mar 2023 | 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.