Environment Agency012FWFL42ACumbria and Lancashire
Burrow Beck at Lancaster, around Canterbury Ave, Cranwell Ave and Bowerham Road: flood history since 2011
The Environment Agency has issued 20 flood warnings for Burrow Beck at Lancaster, around Canterbury Ave, Cranwell Ave and Bowerham Road since 6 Sep 2011, most often in August; the busiest year was 2020 (6).
Flood warnings on record
The flood area
- Flood area
- Burrow Beck at Lancaster, around Canterbury Ave, Cranwell Ave and Bowerham Road
- Code
- 012FWFL42A
- Environment Agency area
- Cumbria and Lancashire
- County
- Lancashire
- River or sea
- Burrow Beck
- First in the history
- 6 Sep 2011
- Latest in the history file
- 24 Mar 2026
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2011 | 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 2011 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 |
|---|---|
| 24 Mar 2026 | Flood warning |
| 27 Jan 2026 | Flood warning |
| 6 Dec 2025 | Flood warning |
| 31 Dec 2024 | Flood warning |
| 16 Oct 2024 | Flood warning |
| 1 Nov 2020 | Flood warning |
| 10 Aug 2020 | Flood warning |
| 4 Aug 2020 | Flood warning |
| 20 Feb 2020 | Flood warning |
| 15 Feb 2020 | Flood warning |
| 9 Feb 2020 | Flood warning |
| 22 Nov 2017 | 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.