Environment Agency052WAFUOBTEast Anglia
River Great Ouse from Brackley to Thornborough: flood history since 2025
The Environment Agency has issued 11 flood alerts for River Great Ouse from Brackley to Thornborough since 14 Nov 2025, most often in January; the busiest year was 2026 (6).
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- River Great Ouse from Brackley to Thornborough
- Code
- 052WAFUOBT
- Environment Agency area
- East Anglia
- County
- Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, West Northamptonshire
- River or sea
- River Great Ouse
- First in the history
- 14 Nov 2025
- Latest in the history file
- 28 Feb 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 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 5 | 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 2025 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 |
|---|---|
| 28 Feb 2026 | Flood alert |
| 14 Feb 2026 | Flood alert |
| 31 Jan 2026 | Flood alert |
| 27 Jan 2026 | Flood alert |
| 21 Jan 2026 | Flood alert |
| 8 Jan 2026 | Flood alert |
| 18 Dec 2025 | Flood alert |
| 9 Dec 2025 | Flood alert |
| 5 Dec 2025 | Flood alert |
| 1 Dec 2025 | Flood alert |
| 14 Nov 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.