Environment Agency052FWFGO3BLFormer flood area
River Great Ouse from Sharnbrook to Bedford: flood history since 2007
The Environment Agency has issued 11 flood warnings for River Great Ouse from Sharnbrook to Bedford since 11 Jan 2007, most often in January; the busiest year was 2008 (6).
Flood warnings on record
The flood area
- Flood area
- River Great Ouse from Sharnbrook to Bedford
- Code
- 052FWFGO3BL
- Environment Agency area
- none today (the history file lists it under ANG - Central)
- First in the history
- 11 Jan 2007
- Latest in the history file
- 5 Jun 2008
- Current status
- no longer an Environment Agency flood area (not in its register of 1 Oct 2026)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 5 | 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 |
|---|---|
| 5 Jun 2008 | Flood warning |
| 18 Mar 2008 | Flood warning |
| 18 Mar 2008 | Flood warning |
| 16 Mar 2008 | Flood warning |
| 17 Jan 2008 | Flood warning |
| 13 Jan 2008 | Flood warning |
| 18 Oct 2007 | Flood warning |
| 23 Jul 2007 | Flood warning |
| 22 Jul 2007 | Flood warning |
| 11 Feb 2007 | Flood warning |
| 11 Jan 2007 | 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.