Environment Agency123FWF117Yorkshire
River Aire at Cottingley: flood history since 2015
The Environment Agency has issued 10 flood warnings for River Aire at Cottingley since 26 Dec 2015, most often in February; the busiest year was 2020 (5).
Flood warnings on record
The flood area
- Flood area
- River Aire at Cottingley
- Code
- 123FWF117
- Environment Agency area
- Yorkshire
- County
- Bradford
- River or sea
- River Aire
- First in the history
- 26 Dec 2015
- Latest in the history file
- 1 Jan 2025
- Current status
- check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk (the Environment Agency's live page)
Flood alert, flood warning, severe flood warning: what each means
Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
How many alerts and warnings a year?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 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.
When in the year?
All alerts and warnings since 2015 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.
Before July 2026: the latest in the history file
| Date | Level |
|---|---|
| 1 Jan 2025 | Flood warning |
| 20 Oct 2023 | Flood warning |
| 20 Feb 2022 | Flood warning |
| 21 Jan 2021 | Flood warning |
| 27 Dec 2020 | Flood warning |
| 3 Nov 2020 | Flood warning |
| 24 Feb 2020 | Flood warning |
| 16 Feb 2020 | Flood warning |
| 9 Feb 2020 | Flood warning |
| 26 Dec 2015 | Flood warning |
Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.