Environment Agency064WAF6UpStourKent S London and E Sussex

Upper River Stour: flood history since 2015

The Environment Agency has issued 63 flood alerts for Upper River Stour since 13 Aug 2015, most often in December; the busiest year was 2023 (12).

Flood alerts only

The flood area

Flood area: Upper River Stour
Code: 064WAF6UpStour
Environment Agency area: Kent S London and E Sussex
County: Kent
River or sea: Great Stour, East Stour, Aylesford Stream, Ruckinge Dyke, Whitewater Dyke, Stour
First in the history: 13 Aug 2015
Latest in the history file: 5 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.

2023 was the busiest year for Upper 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	2	0	0
2024	11	0	0
2023	12	0	0
2022	5	0	0
2021	8	0	0
2020	6	0	0
2019	8	0	0
2018	2	0	0
2016	3	0	0
2015	2	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 December

All alerts and warnings since 2015 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.