Environment Agency012WAFCCCumbria and Lancashire
Crossens area in west Lancashire: flood history since 2008
The Environment Agency has issued 10 flood alerts for Crossens area in west Lancashire since 21 Jan 2008, most often in June; the busiest year was 2012 (3). The history file ends in June 2026; AreaZine's record of the live feed adds 1 since 1 July 2026.
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- Crossens area in west Lancashire
- Code
- 012WAFCC
- Environment Agency area
- Cumbria and Lancashire
- County
- Lancashire, Sefton
- River or sea
- Crossens
- First in the history
- 21 Jan 2008
- Latest in the history file
- 7 Jun 2025
- Latest in AreaZine's record
- Flood alert, 20 Aug 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.
The latest: since 1 July 2026, in AreaZine's record of the live feed
| Date | Level |
|---|---|
| 20 Aug 2026 | Flood alert |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 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 2008 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 Jun 2025 | Flood alert |
| 16 Oct 2024 | Flood alert |
| 3 Oct 2020 | Flood alert |
| 10 Aug 2018 | Flood alert |
| 5 Sep 2017 | Flood alert |
| 26 Dec 2015 | Flood alert |
| 26 Jan 2013 | Flood alert |
| 25 Sep 2012 | Flood alert |
| 17 Aug 2012 | Flood alert |
| 22 Jun 2012 | 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.