Please note: In many cases, the station position in our database is accurate
to only one minute. Thus, the tide gauge may not appear to be on the coast.
Southend 170/081 RLR(1964) is 12.1m below TGBM TQ8898 8303
Documentation added 1993-07-12
Southend 170/081 RLR(1964) is 12.1m below TGBM TQ8898 8303
Documentation added 1994-09-20
Stilling well gauges as follows; Jan 1929 - December 1944, Cary-Porter Jan 1945 - April 1950, Hughes (probably)May 1950 - Kent
Documentation added 2001-01-02
Recent work on vertical land movements in the UK can be found from the University of Nottingham web site: http://ukcogr.iessg.nottingham.ac.uk/~eosi/
Documentation added 2016-05-17
Southend data for 1998-2015 has been supplied by the Port of London Authority (PLA). Previous data ended in 1983 the PLA has confirmed that the datum for the data 1998-2015 remains the same. The values of latitude and longitude were also updated.
Data Authority
Port of London Authority London River House Royal Pier Road Gravesend Kent DA12 2BG