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Christchurch Harbour: flood history since 2011
The Environment Agency has issued 294 flood alerts for Christchurch Harbour since 18 Feb 2011, most often in February; the busiest year was 2014 (38). The history file ends in June 2026; AreaZine's record of the live feed adds 4 since 1 July 2026.
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- Christchurch Harbour
- Code
- 111WATCHXH
- Environment Agency area
- Wessex
- County
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- River or sea
- English Channel
- First in the history
- 18 Feb 2011
- Latest in the history file
- 16 Feb 2026
- Latest in AreaZine's record
- Flood alert, 29 Sep 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.
The latest: since 1 July 2026, in AreaZine's record of the live feed
| Date | Level |
|---|---|
| 29 Sep 2026 | Flood alert |
| 11 Sep 2026 | Flood alert |
| 30 Aug 2026 | Flood alert |
| 16 Jul 2026 | Flood alert |
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 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 38 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 4 | 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.
When in the year?
All alerts and warnings since 2011 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 |
|---|---|
| 16 Feb 2026 | Flood alert |
| 11 Feb 2026 | Flood alert |
| 1 Feb 2026 | Flood alert |
| 26 Jan 2026 | Flood alert |
| 24 Jan 2026 | Flood alert |
| 23 Jan 2026 | Flood alert |
| 19 Jan 2026 | Flood alert |
| 8 Jan 2026 | Flood alert |
| 20 Dec 2025 | Flood alert |
| 8 Dec 2025 | Flood alert |
| 28 Nov 2025 | Flood alert |
| 6 Nov 2025 | Flood alert |
Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.