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Low lying coastline at Blackpool: flood history since 2009
The Environment Agency has issued 26 flood alerts for Low lying coastline at Blackpool since 26 Mar 2009, most often in December; the busiest year was 2014 (9).
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- Low lying coastline at Blackpool
- Code
- 012WACTL12
- Environment Agency area
- none today (the history file lists it under NW - Central)
- First in the history
- 26 Mar 2009
- Latest in the history file
- 20 Aug 2016
- Current status
- no longer an Environment Agency flood area (not in its register of 1 Oct 2026)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 3 | 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 2009 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 Aug 2016 | Flood alert |
| 11 Jan 2016 | Flood alert |
| 10 Jan 2016 | Flood alert |
| 26 Dec 2015 | Flood alert |
| 24 Dec 2015 | Flood alert |
| 11 Dec 2015 | Flood alert |
| 23 Dec 2014 | Flood alert |
| 22 Dec 2014 | Flood alert |
| 21 Dec 2014 | Flood alert |
| 20 Oct 2014 | Flood alert |
| 12 Aug 2014 | Flood alert |
| 11 Aug 2014 | 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.