Environment Agency052WATKLNEast Anglia
King's Lynn, West Lynn and The Wash frontage in Norfolk: flood history since 2014
The Environment Agency has issued 39 flood alerts for King's Lynn, West Lynn and The Wash frontage in Norfolk since 10 Sep 2014, most often in September; the busiest year was 2024 (10).
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- King's Lynn, West Lynn and The Wash frontage in Norfolk
- Code
- 052WATKLN
- Environment Agency area
- East Anglia
- County
- Norfolk
- River or sea
- River Great Ouse, North Sea
- First in the history
- 10 Sep 2014
- Latest in the history file
- 8 Oct 2025
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 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 2014 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 |
|---|---|
| 8 Oct 2025 | Flood alert |
| 7 Oct 2025 | Flood alert |
| 9 Sep 2025 | Flood alert |
| 30 Mar 2025 | Flood alert |
| 3 Mar 2025 | Flood alert |
| 2 Mar 2025 | Flood alert |
| 1 Mar 2025 | Flood alert |
| 15 Nov 2024 | Flood alert |
| 18 Oct 2024 | Flood alert |
| 17 Oct 2024 | Flood alert |
| 20 Sep 2024 | Flood alert |
| 19 Sep 2024 | 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.