1. Data relating to the Environment Agency’s new national flood and coastal erosion risk information

Created: 31 October 2024 Updated: 25 March 2025

The Environment Agency has published new national risk information for flooding and coastal erosion. This includes future scenarios accounting for climate change and updated Flood Zone data. 

In these articles we provide detail on changes to our data, including: 

• The datasets we have published 

• How to access the data 

• Changes to formats and schema for our pre-existing datasets 

• The datasets we have not initially replaced. 

You can find out more about our new national risk information for flooding and coastal erosion by visiting: Updates to national flood and coastal erosion risk information - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

Flood Zone data plays an important statutory role in development planning. You can find out more about our new Flood Zones dataset, by viewing our FAQ on New versions of the Flood Zones.