Environment Agency112WATSOM2Wessex
Somerset coast at Dunster Beaches, Blue Anchor, Steart, Stolford and Brean: flood history since 2012
The Environment Agency has issued 94 flood alerts for Somerset coast at Dunster Beaches, Blue Anchor, Steart, Stolford and Brean since 16 Oct 2012, most often in February; the busiest year was 2014 (21). The history file ends in June 2026; AreaZine's record of the live feed adds 1 since 1 July 2026.
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- Somerset coast at Dunster Beaches, Blue Anchor, Steart, Stolford and Brean
- Code
- 112WATSOM2
- Environment Agency area
- Wessex
- County
- North Somerset, Somerset
- River or sea
- Bristol Channel
- First in the history
- 16 Oct 2012
- Latest in the history file
- 5 Dec 2025
- Latest in AreaZine's record
- Flood alert, 29 Aug 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 Aug 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 3 | 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 2012 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 |
|---|---|
| 5 Dec 2025 | Flood alert |
| 20 Sep 2025 | Flood alert |
| 8 Apr 2024 | Flood alert |
| 13 Mar 2024 | Flood alert |
| 11 Mar 2024 | Flood alert |
| 22 Mar 2023 | Flood alert |
| 19 Feb 2022 | Flood alert |
| 17 Feb 2022 | Flood alert |
| 7 Dec 2021 | Flood alert |
| 3 Dec 2021 | Flood alert |
| 5 Oct 2021 | Flood alert |
| 12 Mar 2021 | 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.