Environment Agency051WAFEF7BEast Anglia
The River Roach, Prittle Brook and Eastwood Brook: flood history since 2006
The Environment Agency has issued 34 flood alerts for The River Roach, Prittle Brook and Eastwood Brook since 24 Oct 2006, most often in October; the busiest year was 2021 (5).
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- The River Roach, Prittle Brook and Eastwood Brook
- Code
- 051WAFEF7B
- Environment Agency area
- East Anglia
- County
- Essex, Southend-on-Sea
- River or sea
- Roach, Prittle Brook, Eastwood Brook
- First in the history
- 24 Oct 2006
- Latest in the history file
- 13 Jun 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 4 | 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 2006 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 |
|---|---|
| 13 Jun 2025 | Flood alert |
| 27 Nov 2024 | Flood alert |
| 18 Feb 2024 | Flood alert |
| 4 Jan 2024 | Flood alert |
| 12 Dec 2023 | Flood alert |
| 13 Nov 2023 | Flood alert |
| 2 Nov 2023 | Flood alert |
| 29 Oct 2023 | Flood alert |
| 21 Oct 2021 | Flood alert |
| 5 Oct 2021 | Flood alert |
| 18 Jun 2021 | Flood alert |
| 30 Jan 2021 | 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.