Environment Agency054WAFSF4DEEast Anglia
The Rattlesden River and River Gipping, through and including Stowmarket and Needham Market: flood history since 2007
The Environment Agency has issued 57 flood alerts for The Rattlesden River and River Gipping, through and including Stowmarket and Needham Market since 18 Jan 2007, most often in January; the busiest year was 2014 (8).
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- The Rattlesden River and River Gipping, through and including Stowmarket and Needham Market
- Code
- 054WAFSF4DE
- Environment Agency area
- East Anglia
- County
- Suffolk
- River or sea
- Rattlesden River, Gipping
- First in the history
- 18 Jan 2007
- 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 3 | 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 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 |
|---|---|
| 15 Feb 2026 | Flood alert |
| 27 Jan 2026 | Flood alert |
| 9 Jan 2026 | Flood alert |
| 5 Jan 2025 | Flood alert |
| 8 Dec 2024 | Flood alert |
| 22 May 2024 | Flood alert |
| 23 Feb 2024 | Flood alert |
| 18 Feb 2024 | Flood alert |
| 11 Feb 2024 | Flood alert |
| 8 Feb 2024 | Flood alert |
| 5 Jan 2024 | Flood alert |
| 2 Jan 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.