Environment Agency065WAF121Solent and South Downs

Winchester Itchen: flood history since 2014

The Environment Agency has issued 14 flood alerts for Winchester Itchen since 6 Jan 2014, most often in January; the busiest year was 2014 (10).

Flood alerts only

The flood area

Flood area: Winchester Itchen
Code: 065WAF121
Environment Agency area: Solent and South Downs
County: Hampshire
River or sea: River Itchen
First in the history: 6 Jan 2014
Latest in the history file: 9 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.

2014 was the busiest year for Winchester Itchen

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	1	0	0
2023	2	0	0
2020	1	0	0
2014	10	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 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.

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