Environment Agency112FWFAVN50AWessex
Bristol Avon (middle) from Melksham to Bathford, not including Bradford on Avon: flood history since 2020
The Environment Agency has issued 11 flood warnings for Bristol Avon (middle) from Melksham to Bathford, not including Bradford on Avon since 16 Feb 2020, most often in January; the busiest year was 2024 (5).
Flood warnings on record
The flood area
- Flood area
- Bristol Avon (middle) from Melksham to Bathford, not including Bradford on Avon
- Code
- 112FWFAVN50A
- Environment Agency area
- Wessex
- County
- Bath and North East Somerset, Wiltshire
- River or sea
- Bristol River Avon
- First in the history
- 16 Feb 2020
- Latest in the history file
- 18 Dec 2025
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 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 2020 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 |
|---|---|
| 18 Dec 2025 | Flood warning |
| 27 Jan 2025 | Flood warning |
| 24 Nov 2024 | Flood warning |
| 28 Mar 2024 | Flood warning |
| 18 Feb 2024 | Flood warning |
| 9 Feb 2024 | Flood warning |
| 1 Jan 2024 | Flood warning |
| 2 Apr 2023 | Flood warning |
| 12 Jan 2023 | Flood warning |
| 28 Dec 2020 | Flood warning |
| 16 Feb 2020 | 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.