Environment Agency052WAFRISELEYBEast Anglia
Riseley Brook in Bedford Borough: flood history since 2022
The Environment Agency has issued 38 flood alerts for Riseley Brook in Bedford Borough since 17 Nov 2022, most often in January; the busiest year was 2024 (14).
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- Riseley Brook in Bedford Borough
- Code
- 052WAFRISELEYB
- Environment Agency area
- East Anglia
- County
- Bedford, Cambridgeshire
- River or sea
- Riseley Brook
- First in the history
- 17 Nov 2022
- Latest in the history file
- 12 Mar 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 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 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 2022 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 |
|---|---|
| 12 Mar 2026 | Flood alert |
| 28 Feb 2026 | Flood alert |
| 13 Feb 2026 | Flood alert |
| 6 Feb 2026 | Flood alert |
| 27 Jan 2026 | Flood alert |
| 21 Jan 2026 | Flood alert |
| 16 Jan 2026 | Flood alert |
| 8 Jan 2026 | Flood alert |
| 18 Dec 2025 | Flood alert |
| 14 Nov 2025 | Flood alert |
| 26 Feb 2025 | Flood alert |
| 28 Jan 2025 | 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.