Environment Agency064WAF8BeultFormer flood area
River Beult from Pluckley and Bethersden to Hampstead Lock at Yalding: flood history since 2014
The Environment Agency has issued 30 flood alerts for River Beult from Pluckley and Bethersden to Hampstead Lock at Yalding since 9 Nov 2014, most often in January; the busiest year was 2021 (9).
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- River Beult from Pluckley and Bethersden to Hampstead Lock at Yalding
- Code
- 064WAF8Beult
- Environment Agency area
- none today (the history file lists it under SE - Kent & South London)
- First in the history
- 9 Nov 2014
- Latest in the history file
- 25 Dec 2021
- Current status
- no longer an Environment Agency flood area (not in its register of 1 Oct 2026)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 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 2014 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 |
|---|---|
| 25 Dec 2021 | Flood alert |
| 8 Dec 2021 | Flood alert |
| 26 Jul 2021 | Flood alert |
| 7 Feb 2021 | Flood alert |
| 3 Feb 2021 | Flood alert |
| 28 Jan 2021 | Flood alert |
| 21 Jan 2021 | Flood alert |
| 13 Jan 2021 | Flood alert |
| 5 Jan 2021 | Flood alert |
| 27 Dec 2020 | Flood alert |
| 3 Dec 2020 | Flood alert |
| 15 Nov 2020 | 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.