Environment Agency113FWF2E1CDevon and Cornwall
River Taw (Middle) from Taw Bridge to Newnham Bridge: flood history since 2012
The Environment Agency has issued 35 flood warnings for River Taw (Middle) from Taw Bridge to Newnham Bridge since 3 Jan 2012, most often in January; the busiest year was 2012 (8).
Flood warnings on record
The flood area
- Flood area
- River Taw (Middle) from Taw Bridge to Newnham Bridge
- Code
- 113FWF2E1C
- Environment Agency area
- Devon and Cornwall
- County
- Devon
- River or sea
- River Taw
- First in the history
- 3 Jan 2012
- Latest in the history file
- 27 Jan 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 8 | 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 |
|---|---|
| 27 Jan 2026 | Flood warning |
| 25 Jan 2026 | Flood warning |
| 26 Jan 2025 | Flood warning |
| 5 Jan 2025 | Flood warning |
| 24 Nov 2024 | Flood warning |
| 18 Feb 2024 | Flood warning |
| 2 Nov 2023 | Flood warning |
| 14 Jan 2023 | Flood warning |
| 12 Jan 2023 | Flood warning |
| 30 Jan 2021 | Flood warning |
| 27 Dec 2020 | Flood warning |
| 23 Dec 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.