Environment Agency012WACHCCumbria and Lancashire
Coast from Heysham to Cockerham: flood history since 2006
The Environment Agency has issued 84 flood alerts for Coast from Heysham to Cockerham since 27 Mar 2006, most often in October; the busiest year was 2024 (18).
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- Coast from Heysham to Cockerham
- Code
- 012WACHC
- Environment Agency area
- Cumbria and Lancashire
- County
- Lancashire
- River or sea
- Irish Sea
- First in the history
- 27 Mar 2006
- Latest in the history file
- 7 Nov 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 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 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 |
|---|---|
| 7 Nov 2025 | Flood alert |
| 5 Nov 2025 | Flood alert |
| 8 Oct 2025 | Flood alert |
| 7 Oct 2025 | Flood alert |
| 8 Sep 2025 | Flood alert |
| 28 Apr 2025 | Flood alert |
| 1 Mar 2025 | Flood alert |
| 19 Oct 2024 | Flood alert |
| 19 Oct 2024 | Flood alert |
| 18 Oct 2024 | Flood alert |
| 18 Oct 2024 | Flood alert |
| 17 Oct 2024 | 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.