Environment Agency111FWTCHXH011Wessex
Christchurch Harbour Side: flood history since 2007
The Environment Agency has issued 46 flood warnings and 2 severe flood warnings for Christchurch Harbour Side since 8 Dec 2007, most often in January; the busiest year was 2014 (11).
Severe flood warnings on record
The flood area
- Flood area
- Christchurch Harbour Side
- Code
- 111FWTCHXH011
- Environment Agency area
- Wessex
- County
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- River or sea
- Christchurch Harbour
- First in the history
- 8 Dec 2007
- Latest in the history file
- 2 Feb 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 | 5 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2007 | 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 2007 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 |
|---|---|
| 2 Feb 2026 | Flood warning |
| 28 Jan 2026 | Flood warning |
| 26 Jan 2026 | Flood warning |
| 23 Jan 2026 | Flood warning |
| 20 Jan 2026 | Flood warning |
| 26 Jan 2025 | Flood warning |
| 5 Jan 2025 | Flood warning |
| 7 Apr 2024 | Flood warning |
| 6 Apr 2024 | Flood warning |
| 8 Feb 2024 | Flood warning |
| 4 Nov 2023 | Flood warning |
| 1 Nov 2023 | 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.