Environment Agency012WACTL29Former flood area
Low lying land by the Wyre Estuary at Hambleton: flood history since 2010
The Environment Agency has issued 91 flood alerts for Low lying land by the Wyre Estuary at Hambleton since 1 Feb 2010, most often in September; the busiest year was 2015 (25).
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- Low lying land by the Wyre Estuary at Hambleton
- Code
- 012WACTL29
- Environment Agency area
- none today (the history file lists it under NW - Central)
- First in the history
- 1 Feb 2010
- Latest in the history file
- 17 Nov 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 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 11 | 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 2010 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 |
|---|---|
| 17 Nov 2016 | Flood alert |
| 15 Nov 2016 | Flood alert |
| 14 Nov 2016 | Flood alert |
| 19 Sep 2016 | Flood alert |
| 18 Sep 2016 | Flood alert |
| 17 Sep 2016 | Flood alert |
| 21 Aug 2016 | Flood alert |
| 20 Aug 2016 | Flood alert |
| 20 Aug 2016 | Flood alert |
| 19 Aug 2016 | Flood alert |
| 3 Aug 2016 | Flood alert |
| 10 Apr 2016 | 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.