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Cottenham Lode in Cambridgeshire: flood history since 2016
The Environment Agency has issued 31 flood alerts for Cottenham Lode in Cambridgeshire since 11 Jan 2016, most often in January; the busiest year was 2024 (7).
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- Cottenham Lode in Cambridgeshire
- Code
- 052WAFCTLD
- Environment Agency area
- East Anglia
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- River or sea
- Cottenham Lode
- First in the history
- 11 Jan 2016
- Latest in the history file
- 14 Nov 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 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1 | 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 |
|---|---|
| 14 Nov 2025 | Flood alert |
| 5 Jan 2025 | Flood alert |
| 1 Oct 2024 | Flood alert |
| 22 May 2024 | Flood alert |
| 22 Feb 2024 | Flood alert |
| 18 Feb 2024 | Flood alert |
| 9 Feb 2024 | Flood alert |
| 4 Jan 2024 | Flood alert |
| 2 Jan 2024 | Flood alert |
| 9 Dec 2023 | Flood alert |
| 2 Nov 2023 | Flood alert |
| 20 Oct 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.