Environment Agency121WAF903North East

Upper River Coquet: flood history since 2011

The Environment Agency has issued 57 flood alerts for Upper River Coquet since 15 Jan 2011, most often in December; the busiest year was 2012 (8).

Flood alerts only

The flood area

Flood area: Upper River Coquet
Code: 121WAF903
Environment Agency area: North East
County: Northumberland
River or sea: River Coquet, River Alwin
First in the history: 15 Jan 2011
Latest in the history file: 27 Jan 2026
Current status: check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk (the Environment Agency's live page)

Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

2012 was the busiest year for Upper River Coquet

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	2	0	0
2025	3	0	0
2024	4	0	0
2023	6	0	0
2022	1	0	0
2021	6	0	0
2020	2	0	0
2019	2	0	0
2018	1	0	0
2017	3	0	0
2016	6	0	0
2015	5	0	0
2013	7	0	0
2012	8	0	0
2011	1	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.

Most often in December

All alerts and warnings since 2011 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.

Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.