Environment Agency054WAFSF2East Anglia
The Rivers Blyth and Walpole and Chediston, Bramfield and Wrentham watercourses: flood history since 2006
The Environment Agency has issued 67 flood alerts for The Rivers Blyth and Walpole and Chediston, Bramfield and Wrentham watercourses since 24 Oct 2006, most often in November; the busiest year was 2023 (10).
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- The Rivers Blyth and Walpole and Chediston, Bramfield and Wrentham watercourses
- Code
- 054WAFSF2
- Environment Agency area
- East Anglia
- County
- Suffolk
- River or sea
- Blyth, Walpole, Chediston, Wrentham
- First in the history
- 24 Oct 2006
- Latest in the history file
- 15 Feb 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 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 8 | 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 2006 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 |
|---|---|
| 15 Feb 2026 | Flood alert |
| 6 Feb 2026 | Flood alert |
| 9 Jan 2026 | Flood alert |
| 9 Dec 2025 | Flood alert |
| 14 Nov 2025 | Flood alert |
| 27 Nov 2024 | Flood alert |
| 18 Feb 2024 | Flood alert |
| 8 Feb 2024 | Flood alert |
| 2 Jan 2024 | Flood alert |
| 19 Dec 2023 | Flood alert |
| 12 Dec 2023 | Flood alert |
| 9 Dec 2023 | 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.