Environment Agency062WAF53LowerLeeHerts and North London
Lower River Lee from Hoddesdon to Canning Town: flood history since 2009
The Environment Agency has issued 16 flood alerts for Lower River Lee from Hoddesdon to Canning Town since 25 Jan 2009, most often in February; the busiest year was 2024 (5).
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- Lower River Lee from Hoddesdon to Canning Town
- Code
- 062WAF53LowerLee
- Environment Agency area
- Herts and North London
- County
- Enfield, Essex, Greater London, Hackney, Haringey, Hertfordshire, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest
- River or sea
- River Lee
- First in the history
- 25 Jan 2009
- 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 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 2009 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 |
| 7 Jul 2025 | Flood alert |
| 27 Nov 2024 | Flood alert |
| 23 Sep 2024 | Flood alert |
| 9 Feb 2024 | Flood alert |
| 4 Jan 2024 | Flood alert |
| 2 Jan 2024 | Flood alert |
| 3 Nov 2022 | Flood alert |
| 17 Aug 2022 | Flood alert |
| 25 Jul 2021 | Flood alert |
| 12 Jul 2021 | Flood alert |
| 14 Jan 2021 | 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.