Flood Alert Areas
Summary
This record is for Approval for Access product AfA055. Flood Alert Areas are geographical areas where it is possible for flooding of low-lying land and roads to occur from rivers, sea and in some locations groundwater. A single Flood Alert Area may cover the floodplain within the Flood Warning Service Limit of multiple catchments of similar characteristics. A Flood Alert Area may contain one or more Flood Warning Areas. In some coastal locations a Flood Alert may be issued for spray or...
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Licence
Open Government LicenceAttribution statement
© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved. © Crown copyright and database rights 2025 Ordnance Survey 100024198
Technical information
Update frequency
continual
Lineage
Greatest extent of flooding defined using Flood Zone which in turn is used to delineate the Flood Warning Service Limit which is then subdivided into Flood Alert Areas.
Spatial information
Coordinate reference system
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700Geographic extent
- Latitude from: 49.943 to 55.816
- Longitude from: -6.236 to 2.072
Metadata information
Language
English
Metadata identifier
864c72de-d465-11e4-855f-f0def148f590
Published by
Environment Agency
Contact publisher
Defra Data Services ForumDataset reference dates
Creation date
01 January 2004
Revision date
09 July 2025
Publication date
N/A
Period
- From: 01 January 2004
- To: 09 July 2025