Environment Agency064WAF43RavnsbrnKent S London and E Sussex
Ravensbourne area in the London Boroughs of Lewisham, Bromley, Greenwich and Croydon: flood history since 2011
The Environment Agency has issued 85 flood alerts for Ravensbourne area in the London Boroughs of Lewisham, Bromley, Greenwich and Croydon since 3 Nov 2011, most often in October; the busiest year was 2021 (10). The history file ends in June 2026; AreaZine's record of the live feed adds 2 since 1 July 2026.
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- Ravensbourne area in the London Boroughs of Lewisham, Bromley, Greenwich and Croydon
- Code
- 064WAF43Ravnsbrn
- Environment Agency area
- Kent S London and E Sussex
- County
- Bromley, Croydon, Greater London, Greenwich, Lewisham
- River or sea
- River Ravensbourne
- First in the history
- 3 Nov 2011
- Latest in the history file
- 18 Jul 2025
- Latest in AreaZine's record
- Flood alert, 27 Aug 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.
The latest: since 1 July 2026, in AreaZine's record of the live feed
| Date | Level |
|---|---|
| 27 Aug 2026 | Flood alert |
| 26 Aug 2026 | Flood alert |
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 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 7 | 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 |
|---|---|
| 18 Jul 2025 | Flood alert |
| 13 Jun 2025 | Flood alert |
| 26 Jan 2025 | Flood alert |
| 27 Nov 2024 | Flood alert |
| 6 Oct 2024 | Flood alert |
| 27 Sep 2024 | Flood alert |
| 1 Aug 2024 | Flood alert |
| 25 Feb 2024 | Flood alert |
| 4 Jan 2024 | Flood alert |
| 1 Jan 2024 | Flood alert |
| 28 Oct 2023 | Flood alert |
| 20 Oct 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.