Environment Agency054FWCDV2B1East Anglia
The Norfolk coast from Bacton to Ostend, including Walcott: flood history since 2007
The Environment Agency has issued 14 flood warnings and 1 severe flood warning for The Norfolk coast from Bacton to Ostend, including Walcott since 24 Nov 2007, most often in January; the busiest year was 2013 (4).
Severe flood warnings on record
The flood area
- Flood area
- The Norfolk coast from Bacton to Ostend, including Walcott
- Code
- 054FWCDV2B1
- Environment Agency area
- East Anglia
- County
- Norfolk
- River or sea
- North Sea
- First in the history
- 24 Nov 2007
- Latest in the history file
- 4 Jan 2022
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 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 2007 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 |
|---|---|
| 4 Jan 2022 | Flood warning |
| 7 Nov 2021 | Flood warning |
| 20 Oct 2021 | Flood warning |
| 18 Nov 2020 | Flood warning |
| 7 Jan 2019 | Flood warning |
| 13 Jan 2017 | Flood warning |
| 12 Jan 2017 | Flood warning |
| 14 Jan 2016 | Flood warning |
| 21 Oct 2014 | Flood warning |
| 6 Dec 2013 | Flood warning |
| 5 Dec 2013 | Severe flood warning |
| 5 Dec 2013 | Flood warning |
Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.