Environment Agency012FWCTL32ACumbria and Lancashire
Wyre estuary at Thornton, affecting Nestleton, Underbank Rd, Aylesbury House and Silcock's Cottages: flood history since 2014
The Environment Agency has issued 21 flood warnings for Wyre estuary at Thornton, affecting Nestleton, Underbank Rd, Aylesbury House and Silcock's Cottages since 2 Jan 2014, most often in March; the busiest year was 2024 (7).
Flood warnings on record
The flood area
- Flood area
- Wyre estuary at Thornton, affecting Nestleton, Underbank Rd, Aylesbury House and Silcock's Cottages
- Code
- 012FWCTL32A
- Environment Agency area
- Cumbria and Lancashire
- County
- Lancashire
- River or sea
- Wyre Estuary
- First in the history
- 2 Jan 2014
- Latest in the history file
- 20 Oct 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 | 7 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 2 | 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 |
|---|---|
| 20 Oct 2024 | Flood warning |
| 18 Oct 2024 | Flood warning |
| 17 Oct 2024 | Flood warning |
| 21 Aug 2024 | Flood warning |
| 9 Apr 2024 | Flood warning |
| 13 Mar 2024 | Flood warning |
| 12 Mar 2024 | Flood warning |
| 30 Sep 2023 | Flood warning |
| 21 Mar 2023 | 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.