Environment Agency114FWT1T1EA00Devon and Cornwall
South Cornwall coast from Gribbin Head to Rame Head: flood history since 2014
The Environment Agency has issued 24 flood warnings for South Cornwall coast from Gribbin Head to Rame Head since 7 Nov 2014, most often in March; the busiest year was 2020 (5).
Flood warnings on record
The flood area
- Flood area
- South Cornwall coast from Gribbin Head to Rame Head
- Code
- 114FWT1T1EA00
- Environment Agency area
- Devon and Cornwall
- County
- Cornwall
- River or sea
- South Cornwall Coast
- First in the history
- 7 Nov 2014
- Latest in the history file
- 2 Feb 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 | 3 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2014 | 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.
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 |
|---|---|
| 2 Feb 2026 | Flood warning |
| 22 Jan 2026 | Flood warning |
| 5 Dec 2025 | Flood warning |
| 5 Nov 2025 | Flood warning |
| 9 Sep 2025 | Flood warning |
| 18 Oct 2024 | Flood warning |
| 8 Apr 2024 | Flood warning |
| 10 Mar 2024 | Flood warning |
| 9 Feb 2024 | Flood warning |
| 28 Oct 2023 | Flood warning |
| 21 Mar 2023 | Flood warning |
| 15 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.