Environment Agency122WAF937Yorkshire

Lower River Swale: flood history since 2011

The Environment Agency has issued 109 flood alerts for Lower River Swale since 4 Feb 2011, most often in February; the busiest year was 2019 (16).

Flood alerts only

The flood area

Flood area: Lower River Swale
Code: 122WAF937
Environment Agency area: Yorkshire
County: North Yorkshire
River or sea: River Swale, Cod Beck, Bedale Beck
First in the history: 4 Feb 2011
Latest in the history file: 12 Mar 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.

2019 was the busiest year for Lower River Swale

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	1	0	0
2025	3	0	0
2024	5	0	0
2023	5	0	0
2022	7	0	0
2021	13	0	0
2020	15	0	0
2019	16	0	0
2018	12	0	0
2017	9	0	0
2016	4	0	0
2015	7	0	0
2014	1	0	0
2013	2	0	0
2012	6	0	0
2011	3	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 February

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.