Environment Agency052WAFTOVEEast Anglia
River Tove in Northamptonshire: flood history since 2016
The Environment Agency has issued 73 flood alerts for River Tove in Northamptonshire since 9 Mar 2016, most often in January; the busiest year was 2024 (13).
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- River Tove in Northamptonshire
- Code
- 052WAFTOVE
- Environment Agency area
- East Anglia
- County
- Milton Keynes, West Northamptonshire
- River or sea
- River Tove
- First in the history
- 9 Mar 2016
- 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 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 8 | 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 |
|---|---|
| 12 Mar 2026 | Flood alert |
| 28 Feb 2026 | Flood alert |
| 15 Feb 2026 | Flood alert |
| 6 Feb 2026 | Flood alert |
| 3 Feb 2026 | Flood alert |
| 27 Jan 2026 | Flood alert |
| 22 Jan 2026 | Flood alert |
| 15 Jan 2026 | Flood alert |
| 11 Jan 2026 | Flood alert |
| 8 Jan 2026 | Flood alert |
| 18 Dec 2025 | Flood alert |
| 6 Dec 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.