Environment Agency052WAFWNREast Anglia
North West Norfolk Rivers: flood history since 2012
The Environment Agency has issued 13 flood alerts for North West Norfolk Rivers since 5 Jul 2012, most often in January; the busiest year was 2021 (3).
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- North West Norfolk Rivers
- Code
- 052WAFWNR
- Environment Agency area
- East Anglia
- County
- Norfolk
- River or sea
- Heacham, Ingol and Babingley Brook
- First in the history
- 5 Jul 2012
- Latest in the history file
- 29 Feb 2024
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 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 2012 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 |
|---|---|
| 18 Feb 2024 | Flood alert |
| 9 Feb 2024 | Flood alert |
| 2 Jan 2024 | Flood alert |
| 19 Dec 2023 | Flood alert |
| 26 Jan 2021 | Flood alert |
| 19 Jan 2021 | Flood alert |
| 14 Jan 2021 | Flood alert |
| 24 Dec 2020 | Flood alert |
| 1 Apr 2018 | Flood alert |
| 30 Dec 2017 | Flood alert |
| 28 Dec 2017 | Flood alert |
| 25 Jun 2016 | 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.