Environment Agency051WAFEF4East Anglia
The River Colne from Great Yeldham to Colchester: flood history since 2007
The Environment Agency has issued 53 flood alerts for The River Colne from Great Yeldham to Colchester since 18 Jan 2007, most often in January; the busiest year was 2014 (8).
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- The River Colne from Great Yeldham to Colchester
- Code
- 051WAFEF4
- Environment Agency area
- East Anglia
- County
- Essex
- River or sea
- Colne
- First in the history
- 18 Jan 2007
- Latest in the history file
- 16 Feb 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 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 2007 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 |
|---|---|
| 16 Feb 2026 | Flood alert |
| 6 Feb 2026 | Flood alert |
| 27 Jan 2026 | Flood alert |
| 16 Jan 2026 | Flood alert |
| 9 Jan 2026 | Flood alert |
| 5 Jan 2025 | Flood alert |
| 8 Dec 2024 | Flood alert |
| 22 May 2024 | Flood alert |
| 23 Feb 2024 | Flood alert |
| 18 Feb 2024 | Flood alert |
| 9 Feb 2024 | Flood alert |
| 2 Jan 2024 | 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.