Environment Agency012FWFL43ACumbria and Lancashire
River Ribble at Samlesbury, around Brockholes Reserve and Lower Brockholes: flood history since 2012
The Environment Agency has issued 20 flood warnings for River Ribble at Samlesbury, around Brockholes Reserve and Lower Brockholes since 22 Jun 2012, most often in November; the busiest year was 2015 (5).
Flood warnings on record
The flood area
- Flood area
- River Ribble at Samlesbury, around Brockholes Reserve and Lower Brockholes
- Code
- 012FWFL43A
- Environment Agency area
- Cumbria and Lancashire
- County
- Lancashire
- River or sea
- River Ribble
- First in the history
- 22 Jun 2012
- Latest in the history file
- 20 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 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2012 | 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 2012 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 Sep 2025 | Flood warning |
| 31 Dec 2024 | Flood warning |
| 23 Nov 2024 | Flood warning |
| 6 Oct 2023 | Flood warning |
| 20 Feb 2022 | Flood warning |
| 30 Dec 2021 | Flood warning |
| 1 Nov 2021 | Flood warning |
| 19 Jan 2021 | Flood warning |
| 1 Nov 2020 | Flood warning |
| 24 Feb 2020 | Flood warning |
| 21 Feb 2020 | Flood warning |
| 9 Feb 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.