Environment Agency065WAF451Solent and South Downs

Cuckmere River: flood history since 2012

The Environment Agency has issued 119 flood alerts for Cuckmere River since 1 Jan 2012, most often in January; the busiest year was 2012 (14).

Flood alerts only

The flood area

Flood area: Cuckmere River
Code: 065WAF451
Environment Agency area: Solent and South Downs
County: East Sussex
River or sea: Cuckmere River
First in the history: 1 Jan 2012
Latest in the history file: 11 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.

2012 was the busiest year for Cuckmere River

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	6	0	0
2025	8	0	0
2024	13	0	0
2023	10	0	0
2022	8	0	0
2021	5	0	0
2020	9	0	0
2019	5	0	0
2018	2	0	0
2017	3	0	0
2016	10	0	0
2015	6	0	0
2014	12	0	0
2013	8	0	0
2012	14	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 2012 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.