Environment Agency052WAFOBCFormer flood area
River Great Ouse in Cambridgeshire and parts of East Bedfordshire: flood history since 2006
The Environment Agency has issued 17 flood alerts for River Great Ouse in Cambridgeshire and parts of East Bedfordshire since 28 Nov 2006, most often in January; the busiest year was 2012 (7).
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- River Great Ouse in Cambridgeshire and parts of East Bedfordshire
- Code
- 052WAFOBC
- Environment Agency area
- none today (the history file lists it under ANG - Central)
- First in the history
- 28 Nov 2006
- Latest in the history file
- 11 Jan 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 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 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 |
|---|---|
| 11 Jan 2016 | Flood alert |
| 5 Jan 2016 | Flood alert |
| 14 Feb 2014 | Flood alert |
| 26 Jan 2014 | Flood alert |
| 3 Jan 2014 | Flood alert |
| 23 Dec 2013 | Flood alert |
| 17 Mar 2013 | Flood alert |
| 11 Feb 2013 | Flood alert |
| 27 Jan 2013 | Flood alert |
| 20 Dec 2012 | Flood alert |
| 21 Nov 2012 | Flood alert |
| 5 Nov 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.