Environment Agency012WACFBCumbria and Lancashire
Coast from Fleetwood to Blackpool: flood history since 2006
The Environment Agency has issued 49 flood alerts for Coast from Fleetwood to Blackpool since 27 Mar 2006, most often in February; the busiest year was 2014 (11).
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- Coast from Fleetwood to Blackpool
- Code
- 012WACFB
- Environment Agency area
- Cumbria and Lancashire
- County
- Blackpool, Lancashire
- River or sea
- Irish Sea
- First in the history
- 27 Mar 2006
- Latest in the history file
- 4 Apr 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 6 | 0 | 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 2006 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 |
|---|---|
| 4 Apr 2026 | Flood alert |
| 10 Sep 2025 | Flood alert |
| 20 Oct 2024 | Flood alert |
| 22 Aug 2024 | Flood alert |
| 21 Aug 2024 | Flood alert |
| 9 Apr 2024 | Flood alert |
| 12 Feb 2024 | Flood alert |
| 13 Nov 2023 | Flood alert |
| 22 Mar 2023 | Flood alert |
| 16 Feb 2022 | Flood alert |
| 4 Dec 2021 | Flood alert |
| 6 Nov 2021 | Flood alert |
Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.