Environment Agency111FWCSWBY001Wessex
Dorset coast at Swanage Bay: flood history since 2014
The Environment Agency has issued 13 flood warnings for Dorset coast at Swanage Bay since 4 Feb 2014, most often in February; the busiest year was 2018 (4).
Flood warnings on record
The flood area
- Flood area
- Dorset coast at Swanage Bay
- Code
- 111FWCSWBY001
- Environment Agency area
- Wessex
- County
- Dorset Council
- River or sea
- English Channel
- First in the history
- 4 Feb 2014
- Latest in the history file
- 24 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 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 2 | 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 |
|---|---|
| 24 Jan 2026 | Flood warning |
| 28 Mar 2024 | Flood warning |
| 1 Nov 2023 | Flood warning |
| 17 Oct 2023 | Flood warning |
| 12 Feb 2021 | Flood warning |
| 1 Oct 2020 | Flood warning |
| 9 Nov 2018 | Flood warning |
| 17 Mar 2018 | Flood warning |
| 28 Feb 2018 | Flood warning |
| 5 Jan 2018 | Flood warning |
| 3 Feb 2017 | Flood warning |
| 14 Feb 2014 | 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.