Environment Agency065FWF5103Solent and South Downs
Lodsbridge to Shopham Bridge on the Western River Rother: flood history since 2020
The Environment Agency has issued 11 flood warnings for Lodsbridge to Shopham Bridge on the Western River Rother since 16 Feb 2020, most often in January; the busiest year was 2023 (3).
Flood warnings on record
The flood area
- Flood area
- Lodsbridge to Shopham Bridge on the Western River Rother
- Code
- 065FWF5103
- Environment Agency area
- Solent and South Downs
- County
- West Sussex
- River or sea
- West Sussex River Rother
- First in the history
- 16 Feb 2020
- Latest in the history file
- 27 Jan 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 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 2020 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 |
|---|---|
| 27 Jan 2026 | Flood warning |
| 18 Dec 2025 | Flood warning |
| 24 Feb 2025 | Flood warning |
| 5 Jan 2025 | Flood warning |
| 27 Nov 2024 | Flood warning |
| 2 Jan 2024 | Flood warning |
| 2 Nov 2023 | Flood warning |
| 29 Oct 2023 | Flood warning |
| 14 Jan 2023 | Flood warning |
| 16 Nov 2022 | Flood warning |
| 16 Feb 2020 | Flood warning |
Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.