Environment Agency13 Oct 2026
Flood alert: The Essex coast at Coalhouse Fort
The Environment Agency raised a flood alert for The Essex coast at Coalhouse Fort (Thurrock). The Environment Agency has issued 58 flood alerts, 0 flood warnings and 0 severe flood warnings for this area since 26 Sep 2022 (the area's history).
Flood alert
The notice
- Issued by
- Environment Agency
- Area
- The Essex coast at Coalhouse Fort
- Level
- Flood alert
- Issued
- 15:47, 13 Oct 2026
- County
- Thurrock
- River or sea
- Thames Estuary
- Flood area code
- 051WACDV5B3a
- Official source
- Environment Agency: the notice at its source
The Essex coast at Coalhouse Fort: every alert and warning since 2022England's flood areas ranked by alerts and warnings
Source: Environment Agency: the notice at its source. AreaZine rebuilds this page from the agency's record; the agency's page is the one to act on. This uses Environment Agency flood and river level data from the real-time data API (Beta). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
The notice as issued
High tides overnight may lead to flooding. Flooding is possible from 2:00am to 4:00am on Wednesday 14th October. Locations most affected will be Coalhouse Fort and car park, and the low lying land between the fort and Coalhouse Point. The detailed forecast is for a peak level at Southend of 3.4 mAODN at 3:00am, on Wednesday 14th October, which is 0.52m above tide tables, Wind Force 4, Westerly. No further high tides are expected over the coming days. We are closely monitoring the situation . Avoid coastal roads, footpaths and carparks, which may be flooded. This message will be updated by 9:00AM on Wednesday 14 October or as the situation changes.
Source: Environment Agency: the notice at its source. The text is the agency's, unedited. This uses Environment Agency flood and river level data from the real-time data API (Beta). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
The record around this notice
- The Essex coast at Coalhouse Fort: every alert and warning since 202258 in all
- England's flood areas ranked by alerts and warnings
- Flood alerts and warnings, October 202645 in the month
- The latest from the Environment Agency
- Every warning and recall in the United Kingdom
- Flood alert, flood warning, severe flood warning