Environment Agency031FWFAV60West Midlands
River Avon at Birlingham and Eckington: flood history since 2012
The Environment Agency has issued 20 flood warnings for River Avon at Birlingham and Eckington since 29 Apr 2012, most often in February; the busiest year was 2024 (5).
Flood warnings on record
The flood area
- Flood area
- River Avon at Birlingham and Eckington
- Code
- 031FWFAV60
- Environment Agency area
- West Midlands
- County
- Worcestershire
- River or sea
- River Avon
- First in the history
- 29 Apr 2012
- Latest in the history file
- 14 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 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 3 | 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 2012 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 |
|---|---|
| 14 Nov 2025 | Flood warning |
| 6 Jan 2025 | Flood warning |
| 25 Nov 2024 | Flood warning |
| 27 Sep 2024 | Flood warning |
| 18 Feb 2024 | Flood warning |
| 9 Feb 2024 | Flood warning |
| 2 Jan 2024 | Flood warning |
| 21 Oct 2023 | Flood warning |
| 28 Jan 2021 | Flood warning |
| 24 Dec 2020 | Flood warning |
| 16 Feb 2020 | Flood warning |
| 14 Nov 2019 | Flood warning |
Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.