Environment Agency052WAFMIDOUSEFormer flood area
Middle River Great Ouse in Milton Keynes, Bedford Borough and Central Bedfordshire: flood history since 2016
The Environment Agency has issued 50 flood alerts for Middle River Great Ouse in Milton Keynes, Bedford Borough and Central Bedfordshire since 9 Mar 2016, most often in January; the busiest year was 2024 (12).
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- Middle River Great Ouse in Milton Keynes, Bedford Borough and Central Bedfordshire
- Code
- 052WAFMIDOUSE
- Environment Agency area
- none today (the history file lists it under ANG - Central)
- First in the history
- 9 Mar 2016
- Latest in the history file
- 27 Feb 2025
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3 | 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 |
|---|---|
| 27 Feb 2025 | Flood alert |
| 27 Jan 2025 | Flood alert |
| 5 Jan 2025 | Flood alert |
| 6 Dec 2024 | Flood alert |
| 24 Nov 2024 | Flood alert |
| 9 Oct 2024 | Flood alert |
| 23 Sep 2024 | Flood alert |
| 22 May 2024 | Flood alert |
| 28 Apr 2024 | Flood alert |
| 5 Apr 2024 | Flood alert |
| 29 Mar 2024 | Flood alert |
| 13 Mar 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.