Environment Agency113FWC2T2CDevon and Cornwall
North Devon coast at Ilfracombe: flood history since 2014
The Environment Agency has issued 11 flood warnings and 2 severe flood warnings for North Devon coast at Ilfracombe since 2 Jan 2014, most often in February; the busiest year was 2014 (4).
Severe flood warnings on record
The flood area
- Flood area
- North Devon coast at Ilfracombe
- Code
- 113FWC2T2C
- Environment Agency area
- Devon and Cornwall
- County
- Devon
- River or sea
- Bristol Channel, North Devon Coast
- First in the history
- 2 Jan 2014
- Latest in the history file
- 8 Apr 2024
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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 2014 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 |
|---|---|
| 8 Apr 2024 | Flood warning |
| 17 Feb 2022 | Flood warning |
| 14 Nov 2020 | Flood warning |
| 20 Aug 2020 | Flood warning |
| 11 Mar 2020 | Flood warning |
| 9 Feb 2020 | Flood warning |
| 30 Sep 2019 | Flood warning |
| 2 Jan 2018 | Flood warning |
| 7 Feb 2016 | Flood warning |
| 8 Feb 2014 | Flood warning |
| 1 Feb 2014 | Flood warning |
| 31 Jan 2014 | Severe 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.