Environment Agency061WAF22LambournThames
River Lambourn and its tributaries from Upper Lambourn down to Newbury: flood history since 2012
The Environment Agency has issued 14 flood alerts for River Lambourn and its tributaries from Upper Lambourn down to Newbury since 29 Dec 2012, most often in January; the busiest year was 2013 (2).
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- River Lambourn and its tributaries from Upper Lambourn down to Newbury
- Code
- 061WAF22Lambourn
- Environment Agency area
- Thames
- County
- West Berkshire
- River or sea
- River Lambourn, Great Shefford Stream, Winterbourne Stream
- First in the history
- 29 Dec 2012
- Latest in the history file
- 3 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 1 | 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 2012 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 |
|---|---|
| 3 Feb 2026 | Flood alert |
| 26 Jan 2025 | Flood alert |
| 5 Jan 2025 | Flood alert |
| 24 Nov 2024 | Flood alert |
| 4 Jan 2024 | Flood alert |
| 15 Feb 2020 | Flood alert |
| 9 Feb 2020 | Flood alert |
| 31 Dec 2019 | Flood alert |
| 17 May 2018 | Flood alert |
| 27 Aug 2016 | Flood alert |
| 7 Jan 2014 | Flood alert |
| 8 Mar 2013 | 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.