Environment Agency064WAF8MidMedKent S London and E Sussex

Middle River Medway: flood history since 2015

The Environment Agency has issued 41 flood alerts for Middle River Medway since 14 Jan 2015, most often in January; the busiest year was 2020 (6).

Flood alerts only

The flood area

Flood area: Middle River Medway
Code: 064WAF8MidMed
Environment Agency area: Kent S London and E Sussex
County: Kent
River or sea: River Medway
First in the history: 14 Jan 2015
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.

2020 was the busiest year for Middle River Medway

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	5	0	0
2025	4	0	0
2024	5	0	0
2023	4	0	0
2022	3	0	0
2021	4	0	0
2020	6	0	0
2019	5	0	0
2016	4	0	0
2015	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 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.