Environment Agency052WAFLOWBEast Anglia
River Great Ouse in Central Bedfordshire, Beds Borough and Cambridgeshire from Wyboston to Brampton: flood history since 2023
The Environment Agency has issued 16 flood alerts for River Great Ouse in Central Bedfordshire, Beds Borough and Cambridgeshire from Wyboston to Brampton since 15 Jan 2023, most often in January; the busiest year was 2024 (7).
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- River Great Ouse in Central Bedfordshire, Beds Borough and Cambridgeshire from Wyboston to Brampton
- Code
- 052WAFLOWB
- Environment Agency area
- East Anglia
- County
- Bedford, Cambridgeshire, Central Bedfordshire
- River or sea
- River Great Ouse
- First in the history
- 15 Jan 2023
- Latest in the history file
- 13 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 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 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 2023 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 Feb 2026 | Flood alert |
| 6 Feb 2026 | Flood alert |
| 19 Jan 2026 | Flood alert |
| 28 Jan 2025 | Flood alert |
| 5 Jan 2025 | Flood alert |
| 7 Dec 2024 | Flood alert |
| 25 Nov 2024 | Flood alert |
| 23 Sep 2024 | Flood alert |
| 2 Mar 2024 | Flood alert |
| 18 Feb 2024 | Flood alert |
| 8 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.