Environment Agency064FWF8A2Kent S London and E Sussex
River Medway between Forest Row and Penshurst: flood history since 2012
The Environment Agency has issued 10 flood warnings for River Medway between Forest Row and Penshurst since 22 Dec 2012, most often in December; the busiest year was 2014 (2).
Flood warnings on record
The flood area
- Flood area
- River Medway between Forest Row and Penshurst
- Code
- 064FWF8A2
- Environment Agency area
- Kent S London and E Sussex
- County
- East Sussex, Kent, West Sussex
- River or sea
- River Medway
- First in the history
- 22 Dec 2012
- Latest in the history file
- 16 Jan 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 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 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 |
|---|---|
| 16 Jan 2026 | Flood warning |
| 23 Sep 2024 | Flood warning |
| 16 Nov 2022 | Flood warning |
| 5 Mar 2020 | Flood warning |
| 16 Feb 2020 | Flood warning |
| 19 Dec 2019 | Flood warning |
| 6 Feb 2014 | Flood warning |
| 6 Jan 2014 | Flood warning |
| 23 Dec 2013 | Flood warning |
| 22 Dec 2012 | Flood warning |
Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.