Flood areas in East Anglia

Flood areas in East Anglia with ten or more alerts and warnings

• The Essex coast from Clacton to and including, St Peters Flat and the Colne and Blackwater estuaries400 since 2008
• The tidal River Yare from Thorpe St Andrew to Breydon Water217 since 2006
• The tidal Deben estuary185 since 2006
• The Suffolk and Essex coast from Felixstowe to Clacton including Orwell and Stour estuaries185 since 2009
• The tidal River Waveney from Ellingham to Breydon Water174 since 2006
• The north Norfolk coast from Old Hunstanton, to and including Cley155 since 2006
• The Essex coast from St Peters Flat to and including Shoeburyness and the Crouch and Roach estuaries146 since 2009
• The Suffolk coast at Southwold142 since 2008
• The north Norfolk coast from East Cley to Kelling Hard, including Salthouse109 since 2015
• The tidal Rivers Bure, Ant and Thurne104 since 2006
• The Rivers Wid and Can103 since 2007
• The River Bure, Spixworth Beck and surrounding Becks100 since 2006
• Lower River Cam in Cambridgeshire99 since 2013
• The Suffolk coast from Lowestoft to Bawdsey96 since 2006
• The Rivers Deben and Lark93 since 2006
• Hunstanton coast in Norfolk93 since 2019
• River Tove in Northamptonshire73 since 2016
• The Rivers Blyth and Walpole and Chediston, Bramfield and Wrentham watercourses67 since 2006
• River Kym in Bedford Borough and Cambridgeshire67 since 2013
• Hundred Foot Washes in Cambridgeshire and Norfolk59 since 2012
• The Mardyke to the River Thames at Purfleet-on-Thames58 since 2007
• The Essex coast at Coalhouse Fort58 since 2022
• The Rattlesden River and River Gipping, through and including Stowmarket and Needham Market57 since 2007
• River Rhee in Central Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire55 since 2013
• The Norfolk coast from Eccles on Sea, to and including, Winterton-on-Sea53 since 2006
• The River Colne from Great Yeldham to Colchester53 since 2007
• The Norfolk coast from Caister to Gorleston, including Great Yarmouth52 since 2006
• The River Waveney from Diss and the River Dove to Ellingham, including Bungay49 since 2007
• The upper Stour and surrounding tributaries49 since 2007
• Coast from Heacham to north of King's Lynn49 since 2019
• Riverside properties along the tidal River Yare including Cantley, Brundall and Reedham44 since 2013
• Bawdsey Quay and Felixstowe Ferry41 since 2009
• Bury Brook in Cambridgeshire40 since 2013
• King's Lynn, West Lynn and The Wash frontage in Norfolk39 since 2014
• Riseley Brook in Bedford Borough38 since 2022
• The River Gipping, from downstream of Needham Market, to upstream of London Road Bridge, Ipswich37 since 2007
• The Norfolk coast from Bacton to Ostend, including Walcott37 since 2015
• The Rivers Box and Brett36 since 2007
• Bourn Brook in Cambridgeshire36 since 2013
• Upper River Cam in Essex and Cambridgeshire36 since 2013
• The Essex coast from Fobbing to Purfleet-on-Thames36 since 2016
• River Great Ouse in Cambridgeshire from Brampton to Earith35 since 2022
• The River Roach, Prittle Brook and Eastwood Brook34 since 2006
• The Thorpeness Hundred River and the River Ore33 since 2006
• River Granta in Essex and Cambridgeshire33 since 2013
• Isolated low lying properties along the tidal River Waveney32 since 2013
• Cottenham Lode in Cambridgeshire31 since 2016
• The River Crouch from Noaks Bridge to Runwell30 since 2008
• The River Stour from Sudbury to Stratford St Mary and Dedham29 since 2007
• River Ivel in Hertfordshire and Central Bedfordshire29 since 2016
• The River Wid from Ingatestone, to and including, Writtle28 since 2008
• The Essex coast at Coalhouse Fort and surrounding marshland28 since 2020
• The upper Rivers Yare, Tiffey, Tas and Wacton27 since 2007
• The Rivers Pant, Blackwater and Brain26 since 2008
• Alconbury Brook in Cambridgeshire26 since 2022
• The River Glaven through Hunworth, Thornage and Letheringsett25 since 2006
• The Rivers Tud and Wensum from Fakenham to Costessey, including Wendling Beck24 since 2007
• The upper River Chelmer24 since 2007
• The north Norfolk coast at Wells Quay23 since 2007
• The north Norfolk coast at Salthouse and east Cley22 since 2007
• The lower River Chelmer, including the River Ter and brooks around Sandon20 since 2008
• The Suffolk coast at Southwold20 since 2011
• Bin Brook in Cambridgeshire20 since 2019
• The Chediston watercourse at Halesworth19 since 2007
• Little Ouse River and River Thet in Suffolk and Norfolk19 since 2019
• River Wissey in Norfolk19 since 2019
• Isolated riverside properties on the tidal River Deben estuary17 since 2009
• The A12 at Blythburgh17 since 2011
• The River Stiffkey from Fulmodeston to Warham16 since 2007
• The Essex coast from Shoeburyness, to and including Southend seafront, including Southchurch Park16 since 2008
• The Mardyke from North Stifford to Purfleet16 since 2009
• The River Brain through Braintree, to and including Witham16 since 2009
• The Stour Brook from Haverhill to Sturmer16 since 2018
• River Ouzel in Central Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes16 since 2019
• River Great Ouse in Central Bedfordshire, Beds Borough and Cambridgeshire from Wyboston to Brampton16 since 2023
• The Rattlesden River from Rattlesden to Combs Ford in Stowmarket15 since 2007
• The Norfolk coast from Bacton to Ostend, including Walcott15 since 2007
• The Essex coast from Leigh on Sea, to and including, Hadleigh Marshes, and Two Tree Island15 since 2017
• The River Yare at Norwich, from Cringleford to Trowse Newton14 since 2007
• The River Brett from Lavenham to Higham14 since 2008
• Riverside properties in Chelmsford, including the cricket ground14 since 2011
• Bumpstead Brook through Steeple Bumpstead to New England14 since 2019
• The River Mun at Mundesley13 since 2006
• North West Norfolk Rivers13 since 2012
• B1041 between Little Paxton and St Neots in Cambridgeshire13 since 2019
• Ellington Brook in Cambridgeshire13 since 2022
• The River Yare from Barnham Broom to the A11 at Cringleford12 since 2007
• The River Crouch from Noak Bridge to Runwell12 since 2009
• The River Gipping through Needham Market12 since 2009
• Maldon Town waterfront and the Hythe12 since 2012
• River Lark in Suffolk12 since 2019
• River Ouzel at Bletchley and Caldecotte12 since 2019
• River Ivel at Langford12 since 2024
• The River Colne from Castle Hedingham to upstream of Halstead11 since 2008
• The River Waveney from Diss to Bungay11 since 2008
• The River Burn from Southgate and Waterden to Burnham Thorpe11 since 2013
• River Great Ouse from Brackley to Thornborough11 since 2025
• Middle Level of the Fens in Cambridgeshire and Norfolk10 since 2007
• Water Eaton Brook at Water Eaton10 since 2021

East Anglia has 171 more flood areas with fewer than ten alerts and warnings since 2006.