Environment Agency031FWFWY0EWest Midlands
River Wye at Lydbrook: flood history since 2012
The Environment Agency has issued 18 flood warnings for River Wye at Lydbrook since 23 Dec 2012, most often in January; the busiest year was 2020 (3).
Flood warnings on record
The flood area
- Flood area
- River Wye at Lydbrook
- Code
- 031FWFWY0E
- Environment Agency area
- West Midlands
- County
- Gloucestershire, Herefordshire
- River or sea
- River Wye
- First in the history
- 23 Dec 2012
- Latest in the history file
- 7 Jan 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 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 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 |
|---|---|
| 7 Jan 2025 | Flood warning |
| 8 Dec 2024 | Flood warning |
| 25 Nov 2024 | Flood warning |
| 3 Jan 2024 | Flood warning |
| 15 Jan 2023 | Flood warning |
| 15 Jan 2023 | Flood warning |
| 13 Jan 2023 | Flood warning |
| 22 Feb 2022 | Flood warning |
| 21 Feb 2021 | Flood warning |
| 21 Jan 2021 | Flood warning |
| 19 Dec 2020 | Flood warning |
| 1 Mar 2020 | 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.