Environment Agency121WAF927North East

River Leven: flood history since 2010

The Environment Agency has issued 33 flood alerts for River Leven since 16 Dec 2010, most often in January; the busiest year was 2013 (4).

Flood alerts only

The flood area

Flood area: River Leven
Code: 121WAF927
Environment Agency area: North East
County: Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, Redcar and Cleveland, Stockton-on-Tees
River or sea: River Leven
First in the history: 16 Dec 2010
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.

2013 was the busiest year for River Leven

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	4	0	0
2024	4	0	0
2023	1	0	0
2021	2	0	0
2020	3	0	0
2019	3	0	0
2017	2	0	0
2016	3	0	0
2015	2	0	0
2013	4	0	0
2012	2	0	0
2010	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 January

All alerts and warnings since 2010 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.