Environment Agency064WAF6LowStourKent S London and E Sussex

Lower River Stour: flood history since 2016

The Environment Agency has issued 29 flood alerts for Lower River Stour since 3 Jan 2016, most often in January; the busiest year was 2024 (6).

Flood alerts only

The flood area

Flood area: Lower River Stour
Code: 064WAF6LowStour
Environment Agency area: Kent S London and E Sussex
County: Kent
River or sea: Great Stour, Stour
First in the history: 3 Jan 2016
Latest in the history file: 6 Feb 2026
Current status: check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk (the Environment Agency's live page)

Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

2024 was the busiest year for Lower River Stour

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	4	0	0
2025	1	0	0
2024	6	0	0
2023	3	0	0
2022	2	0	0
2021	5	0	0
2020	4	0	0
2019	2	0	0
2018	1	0	0
2016	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.

Most often in January

All alerts and warnings since 2016 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.

Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.