Environment Agency052WAFBWCEast Anglia
Middle Level of the Fens in Cambridgeshire and Norfolk: flood history since 2007
The Environment Agency has issued 10 flood alerts for Middle Level of the Fens in Cambridgeshire and Norfolk since 28 May 2007, most often in July; the busiest year was 2017 (2).
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- Middle Level of the Fens in Cambridgeshire and Norfolk
- Code
- 052WAFBWC
- Environment Agency area
- East Anglia
- County
- Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Peterborough
- River or sea
- Great Ouse
- First in the history
- 28 May 2007
- Latest in the history file
- 20 Oct 2023
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 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 |
|---|---|
| 20 Oct 2023 | Flood alert |
| 5 Aug 2023 | Flood alert |
| 23 Oct 2022 | Flood alert |
| 24 Dec 2020 | Flood alert |
| 1 Oct 2019 | Flood alert |
| 27 Dec 2017 | Flood alert |
| 19 Jul 2017 | Flood alert |
| 8 Aug 2014 | Flood alert |
| 23 Jul 2013 | Flood alert |
| 5 Jul 2012 | 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.