Environment Agency052WATCSTFormer flood area
Coast from Hunstanton to north of King's Lynn: flood history since 2006
The Environment Agency has issued 20 flood alerts for Coast from Hunstanton to north of King's Lynn since 2 Mar 2006, most often in January; the busiest year was 2015 (6).
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- Coast from Hunstanton to north of King's Lynn
- Code
- 052WATCST
- Environment Agency area
- none today (the history file lists it under ANG - Central)
- First in the history
- 2 Mar 2006
- Latest in the history file
- 11 Sep 2018
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 2 | 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 Sep 2018 | Flood alert |
| 29 Apr 2018 | Flood alert |
| 2 Mar 2018 | Flood alert |
| 31 Jan 2018 | Flood alert |
| 5 Oct 2017 | Flood alert |
| 5 Oct 2017 | Flood alert |
| 14 Jan 2017 | Flood alert |
| 11 Jan 2017 | Flood alert |
| 17 Oct 2016 | Flood alert |
| 10 Feb 2016 | Flood alert |
| 30 Aug 2015 | Flood alert |
| 21 Mar 2015 | 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.