Environment Agency064WAC303Kent S London and E Sussex
Coast from St Margaret's at Cliffe to Sandgate: flood history since 2011
The Environment Agency has issued 41 flood alerts for Coast from St Margaret's at Cliffe to Sandgate since 25 Nov 2011, most often in September; the busiest year was 2023 (9).
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- Coast from St Margaret's at Cliffe to Sandgate
- Code
- 064WAC303
- Environment Agency area
- Kent S London and E Sussex
- County
- Kent
- River or sea
- English Channel, North Sea
- First in the history
- 25 Nov 2011
- Latest in the history file
- 6 Nov 2025
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 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 2011 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 |
|---|---|
| 6 Nov 2025 | Flood alert |
| 5 Nov 2025 | Flood alert |
| 4 Oct 2025 | Flood alert |
| 30 Mar 2025 | Flood alert |
| 16 Nov 2024 | Flood alert |
| 17 Oct 2024 | Flood alert |
| 11 Apr 2024 | Flood alert |
| 9 Apr 2024 | Flood alert |
| 7 Apr 2024 | Flood alert |
| 11 Mar 2024 | Flood alert |
| 14 Jan 2024 | Flood alert |
| 24 Nov 2023 | 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.