Environment Agency051WACDV5B3East Anglia
The Essex coast from Fobbing to Purfleet-on-Thames: flood history since 2016
The Environment Agency has issued 36 flood alerts for The Essex coast from Fobbing to Purfleet-on-Thames since 10 Feb 2016, most often in November; the busiest year was 2020 (7).
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- The Essex coast from Fobbing to Purfleet-on-Thames
- Code
- 051WACDV5B3
- Environment Agency area
- East Anglia
- County
- Essex, Thurrock
- River or sea
- Thames Estuary
- First in the history
- 10 Feb 2016
- Latest in the history file
- 7 Dec 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1 | 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 2016 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 Dec 2025 | Flood alert |
| 7 Nov 2025 | Flood alert |
| 18 Nov 2024 | Flood alert |
| 16 Nov 2024 | Flood alert |
| 10 Apr 2024 | Flood alert |
| 8 Apr 2024 | Flood alert |
| 15 Jan 2024 | Flood alert |
| 24 Nov 2023 | Flood alert |
| 29 Oct 2023 | Flood alert |
| 1 Sep 2023 | Flood alert |
| 10 Mar 2023 | Flood alert |
| 24 Feb 2023 | 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.