Environment Agency122WAF978Yorkshire

North Holderness: flood history since 2017

The Environment Agency has issued 32 flood alerts for North Holderness since 2 Dec 2017, most often in February; the busiest year was 2023 (7).

Flood alerts only

The flood area

Flood area: North Holderness
Code: 122WAF978
Environment Agency area: Yorkshire
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
River or sea: Holderness Drain
First in the history: 2 Dec 2017
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.

2023 was the busiest year for North Holderness

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	7	0	0
2022	1	0	0
2021	4	0	0
2020	4	0	0
2019	4	0	0
2018	3	0	0
2017	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 February

All alerts and warnings since 2017 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.