Environment Agency055WAF131TLNLincs and Northants

Lower Nene: flood history since 2007

The Environment Agency has issued 27 flood alerts for Lower Nene since 13 Feb 2007, most often in January; the busiest year was 2012 (4).

Flood alerts only

The flood area

Flood area: Lower Nene
Code: 055WAF131TLN
Environment Agency area: Lincs and Northants
County: Cambridgeshire, Peterborough
River or sea: River Nene
First in the history: 13 Feb 2007
Latest in the history file: 7 Feb 2026
Current status: check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk (the Environment Agency's live page)

Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

2012 was the busiest year for Lower Nene

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	2	0	0
2024	4	0	0
2023	3	0	0
2022	1	0	0
2021	2	0	0
2020	2	0	0
2019	2	0	0
2018	1	0	0
2016	1	0	0
2014	2	0	0
2013	3	0	0
2012	4	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.

Most often in January

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.

Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.