Environment Agency012WACFCCumbria and Lancashire
Coast from Formby to Crosby: flood history since 2006
The Environment Agency has issued 10 flood alerts for Coast from Formby to Crosby since 6 Oct 2006, most often in January; the busiest year was 2014 (4).
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- Coast from Formby to Crosby
- Code
- 012WACFC
- Environment Agency area
- Cumbria and Lancashire
- County
- Lancashire, Sefton
- River or sea
- Irish Sea
- First in the history
- 6 Oct 2006
- 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 1 | 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 |
|---|---|
| 20 Oct 2024 | Flood alert |
| 18 Feb 2022 | Flood alert |
| 12 Mar 2020 | Flood alert |
| 11 Mar 2020 | Flood alert |
| 2 Jan 2018 | Flood alert |
| 12 Feb 2014 | Flood alert |
| 1 Feb 2014 | Flood alert |
| 3 Jan 2014 | Flood alert |
| 2 Jan 2014 | Flood alert |
| 4 Dec 2013 | 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.