Environment Agency063WAT23CentralKent S London and E Sussex
Tidal Thames riverside from the Thames Barrier to Putney Bridge: flood history since 2012
The Environment Agency has issued 94 flood alerts for Tidal Thames riverside from the Thames Barrier to Putney Bridge since 16 Dec 2012, most often in November; the busiest year was 2024 (13).
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- Tidal Thames riverside from the Thames Barrier to Putney Bridge
- Code
- 063WAT23Central
- Environment Agency area
- Kent S London and E Sussex
- County
- City of London, Greater London, Greenwich, Hammersmith and Fulham, Kensington and Chelsea, Lambeth, Lewisham, Newham, Southwark, Tower Hamlets, Wandsworth, Westminster
- River or sea
- River Thames
- First in the history
- 16 Dec 2012
- Latest in the history file
- 3 Mar 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 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 4 | 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 Mar 2026 | Flood alert |
| 19 Feb 2026 | Flood alert |
| 3 Feb 2026 | Flood alert |
| 7 Dec 2025 | Flood alert |
| 7 Nov 2025 | Flood alert |
| 7 Nov 2025 | Flood alert |
| 30 Mar 2025 | Flood alert |
| 3 Jan 2025 | Flood alert |
| 19 Dec 2024 | Flood alert |
| 18 Nov 2024 | Flood alert |
| 17 Nov 2024 | Flood alert |
| 16 Nov 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.