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.
Lowestoft 170/068 RLR(1978) is 9.6m below BM TM5477 9272
Documentation added 1993-09-27
August-October 1979 datum suspect
Documentation added 1994-09-20
A Lege stilling well gauge was installed in June 1955, replace by Munro and Ott systems in separate wells in May 1970. From February 1985 data have been taken from a potentiometer attached to the Munro stilling well.
Documentation added 1997-07-17
1989 - November 1996: possible error in data of 2-3mm November 1996: new gauge installed
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 2014-07-03
TGI visited the site 04.12.2013 for general maintenance and changed the compressor.
Documentation added 2015-05-18
TGI were at site on 02.05.14 and 23.11.14 for General Maintenance.
Data Authority
British Oceanographic Data Centre National Oceanography Centre Joseph Proudman Building, 6 Brownlow Street Liverpool L3 5DA