Environment Agency114WACT1T2DA00Devon and Cornwall
North Cornwall coast from The Rumps to Hartland Point: flood history since 2015
The Environment Agency has issued 87 flood alerts for North Cornwall coast from The Rumps to Hartland Point since 19 Feb 2015, most often in February; the busiest year was 2016 (15).
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- North Cornwall coast from The Rumps to Hartland Point
- Code
- 114WACT1T2DA00
- Environment Agency area
- Devon and Cornwall
- County
- Cornwall
- River or sea
- North Cornwall Coast
- First in the history
- 19 Feb 2015
- Latest in the history file
- 5 Dec 2025
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 14 | 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 2015 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 |
| 5 Nov 2025 | Flood alert |
| 20 Oct 2024 | Flood alert |
| 18 Oct 2024 | Flood alert |
| 22 Aug 2024 | Flood alert |
| 7 Apr 2024 | Flood alert |
| 10 Mar 2024 | Flood alert |
| 10 Feb 2024 | Flood alert |
| 28 Oct 2023 | Flood alert |
| 29 Sep 2023 | Flood alert |
| 27 Sep 2023 | Flood alert |
| 31 Aug 2023 | 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.