Environment Agency112FWFSHE10AWessex

River Sheppey: flood history since 2010

The Environment Agency has issued 12 flood warnings for River Sheppey since 23 Aug 2010, most often in November; the busiest year was 2024 (6).

Flood warnings on record

The flood area

Flood area: River Sheppey
Code: 112FWFSHE10A
Environment Agency area: Wessex
County: Somerset
River or sea: River Sheppey
First in the history: 23 Aug 2010
Latest in the history file: 18 Dec 2025
Current status: check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk (the Environment Agency's live page)

Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

2024 was the busiest year for River Sheppey

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	1	0
2024	0	6	0
2016	0	1	0
2012	0	3	0
2010	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.

Most often in November

All alerts and warnings since 2010 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.

Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.