Environment Agency052WAFOBBFormer flood area
River Great Ouse in Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire: flood history since 2006
The Environment Agency has issued 34 flood alerts for River Great Ouse in Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire since 20 Oct 2006, most often in January; the busiest year was 2012 (15).
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- River Great Ouse in Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire
- Code
- 052WAFOBB
- Environment Agency area
- none today (the history file lists it under ANG - Central)
- First in the history
- 20 Oct 2006
- Latest in the history file
- 8 Feb 2016
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 2 | 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 2006 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 |
|---|---|
| 8 Feb 2016 | Flood alert |
| 10 Jan 2016 | Flood alert |
| 3 Jan 2016 | Flood alert |
| 29 Oct 2015 | Flood alert |
| 15 Jan 2015 | Flood alert |
| 4 Jan 2015 | Flood alert |
| 28 May 2014 | Flood alert |
| 28 Feb 2014 | Flood alert |
| 13 Feb 2014 | Flood alert |
| 27 Jan 2014 | Flood alert |
| 16 Jan 2014 | Flood alert |
| 2 Jan 2014 | 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.