Environment Agency052WATCSTHUNEast Anglia
Hunstanton coast in Norfolk: flood history since 2019
The Environment Agency has issued 93 flood alerts for Hunstanton coast in Norfolk since 31 Aug 2019, most often in February; the busiest year was 2024 (19). The history file ends in June 2026; AreaZine's record of the live feed adds 6 since 1 July 2026.
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- Hunstanton coast in Norfolk
- Code
- 052WATCSTHUN
- Environment Agency area
- East Anglia
- County
- Norfolk
- River or sea
- North Sea
- First in the history
- 31 Aug 2019
- Latest in the history file
- 29 Mar 2026
- Latest in AreaZine's record
- Flood alert, 28 Sep 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.
The latest: since 1 July 2026, in AreaZine's record of the live feed
| Date | Level |
|---|---|
| 28 Sep 2026 | Flood alert |
| 12 Sep 2026 | Flood alert |
| 30 Aug 2026 | Flood alert |
| 14 Aug 2026 | Flood alert |
| 2 Aug 2026 | Flood alert |
| 2 Jul 2026 | Flood alert |
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 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4 | 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 2019 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 |
|---|---|
| 29 Mar 2026 | Flood alert |
| 18 Feb 2026 | Flood alert |
| 16 Feb 2026 | Flood alert |
| 6 Feb 2026 | Flood alert |
| 5 Feb 2026 | Flood alert |
| 4 Feb 2026 | Flood alert |
| 2 Feb 2026 | Flood alert |
| 7 Jan 2026 | Flood alert |
| 1 Jan 2026 | Flood alert |
| 24 Nov 2025 | Flood alert |
| 19 Nov 2025 | Flood alert |
| 16 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.