Environment Agency122WAF971Yorkshire

Holderness Drain: flood history since 2010

The Environment Agency has issued 61 flood alerts for Holderness Drain since 14 Dec 2010, most often in December; the busiest year was 2012 (7).

Flood alerts only

The flood area

Flood area: Holderness Drain
Code: 122WAF971
Environment Agency area: Yorkshire
County: East Riding of Yorkshire, Kingston upon Hull
River or sea: Winestead Drain, Holderness Drain, Burstwick Drain, Skeffling Drain, Long Bank Drain, Keyingham Drain, Old Fleet Drain, Kellwell Stream, Lambwath Stream
First in the history: 14 Dec 2010
Latest in the history file: 12 Feb 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 Holderness Drain

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	4	0	0
2023	6	0	0
2022	2	0	0
2021	4	0	0
2020	7	0	0
2019	6	0	0
2018	2	0	0
2016	6	0	0
2015	4	0	0
2014	3	0	0
2013	1	0	0
2012	7	0	0
2011	4	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 December

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.