Environment Agency054FWFSF5BEast Anglia
The River Brett from Lavenham to Higham: flood history since 2008
The Environment Agency has issued 14 flood warnings for The River Brett from Lavenham to Higham since 5 Oct 2008, most often in October; the busiest year was 2023 (3).
Flood warnings on record
The flood area
- Flood area
- The River Brett from Lavenham to Higham
- Code
- 054FWFSF5B
- Environment Agency area
- East Anglia
- County
- Suffolk
- River or sea
- Brett
- First in the history
- 5 Oct 2008
- Latest in the history file
- 18 Feb 2024
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 | 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 2008 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 |
|---|---|
| 18 Feb 2024 | Flood warning |
| 5 Jan 2024 | Flood warning |
| 2 Jan 2024 | Flood warning |
| 2 Nov 2023 | Flood warning |
| 29 Oct 2023 | Flood warning |
| 20 Oct 2023 | Flood warning |
| 4 Dec 2020 | Flood warning |
| 20 Dec 2019 | Flood warning |
| 23 Jun 2016 | Flood warning |
| 23 Nov 2014 | Flood warning |
| 3 May 2012 | Flood warning |
| 10 Feb 2009 | 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.