Environment Agency112FWF3F0OFormer flood area
Bristol Avon (upper) from Malmesbury to Melksham, not including Chippenham: flood history since 2007
The Environment Agency has issued 27 flood warnings for Bristol Avon (upper) from Malmesbury to Melksham, not including Chippenham since 10 Jan 2007, most often in January; the busiest year was 2008 (9).
Flood warnings on record
The flood area
- Flood area
- Bristol Avon (upper) from Malmesbury to Melksham, not including Chippenham
- Code
- 112FWF3F0O
- Environment Agency area
- none today (the history file lists it under SW - North Wessex)
- First in the history
- 10 Jan 2007
- Latest in the history file
- 28 Mar 2016
- Current status
- no longer an Environment Agency flood area (not in its register of 1 Oct 2026)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 5 | 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 |
|---|---|
| 28 Mar 2016 | Flood warning |
| 7 Feb 2016 | Flood warning |
| 7 Feb 2014 | Flood warning |
| 4 Jan 2014 | Flood warning |
| 1 Jan 2014 | Flood warning |
| 23 Dec 2013 | Flood warning |
| 29 Dec 2012 | Flood warning |
| 22 Dec 2012 | Flood warning |
| 20 Dec 2012 | Flood warning |
| 21 Nov 2012 | Flood warning |
| 4 Nov 2012 | Flood warning |
| 30 Nov 2009 | 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.