Environment Agency054FWCDV4A1East Anglia
Bawdsey Quay and Felixstowe Ferry: flood history since 2009
The Environment Agency has issued 39 flood warnings and 2 severe flood warnings for Bawdsey Quay and Felixstowe Ferry since 10 Feb 2009, most often in January; the busiest year was 2017 (5).
Severe flood warnings on record
The flood area
- Flood area
- Bawdsey Quay and Felixstowe Ferry
- Code
- 054FWCDV4A1
- Environment Agency area
- East Anglia
- County
- Suffolk
- River or sea
- River Deben, North Sea
- First in the history
- 10 Feb 2009
- Latest in the history file
- 1 Jan 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.
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 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 | 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 2009 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 |
|---|---|
| 1 Jan 2026 | Flood warning |
| 17 Nov 2024 | Flood warning |
| 21 Oct 2024 | Flood warning |
| 8 Apr 2024 | Flood warning |
| 14 Jan 2024 | Flood warning |
| 21 Dec 2023 | Flood warning |
| 24 Nov 2023 | Flood warning |
| 30 Oct 2023 | Flood warning |
| 14 Oct 2023 | Flood warning |
| 24 Feb 2023 | Flood warning |
| 21 Feb 2022 | Flood warning |
| 6 Feb 2022 | 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.