Environment Agency051FWFEF6BEast Anglia
The River Wid from Ingatestone, to and including, Writtle: flood history since 2008
The Environment Agency has issued 28 flood warnings for The River Wid from Ingatestone, to and including, Writtle since 11 Jan 2008, most often in January; the busiest year was 2012 (8).
Flood warnings on record
The flood area
- Flood area
- The River Wid from Ingatestone, to and including, Writtle
- Code
- 051FWFEF6B
- Environment Agency area
- East Anglia
- County
- Essex
- River or sea
- Wid
- First in the history
- 11 Jan 2008
- Latest in the history file
- 17 Nov 2022
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 | 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 |
|---|---|
| 17 Nov 2022 | Flood warning |
| 28 Jan 2021 | Flood warning |
| 20 Dec 2019 | Flood warning |
| 15 Dec 2019 | Flood warning |
| 2 Apr 2018 | Flood warning |
| 23 Jun 2016 | Flood warning |
| 3 Jan 2015 | Flood warning |
| 23 Nov 2014 | Flood warning |
| 13 Oct 2014 | Flood warning |
| 7 Feb 2014 | Flood warning |
| 29 Jan 2014 | Flood warning |
| 17 Jan 2014 | 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.