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River Great Ouse at Kings Lynn South Quay GSM

Latest Tidal Level

-1.511m

At 7:10am, Thursday 13th October BST
(6:10am, Thursday 13th October GMT)

Below normal for this location

Falling, -1.511 from previous measurement

This station is currently suspended. Data is not currently being collected from this station. The figures shown here are for the most recent data collection. Live data will be resumed when the station is active again. We have no idea when that is likely to be, so please don't ask!


This is a tidal level, measured from mean sea level rather than from the river bed. It can, therefore, be negative, and does not give any indication of water depth. Tidal levels are not necessarily updated frequently, and may not reflect tidal movements throughout the day.

Nearby Flood Warning Areas

Tidal River Great Ouse at West Lynn

No current or recent warnings.

Urban area of King's Lynn

No current or recent warnings.

King's Lynn river frontage and South Lynn

No current or recent warnings.

Wash frontage at Admiralty Point including Tidal River Great Ouse west bank breach to Eau Brink

No current or recent warnings.

King's Lynn, West Lynn and The Wash frontage in Norfolk

Recent warnings or alerts no longer in force

Seven Day Level Chart

Long Term Level Chart

Darker blue shaded areas on long term data indicate maximum and minimum levels for the date (you may need to zoom in closer to see them).

Long term data may have gaps where the API data was not available.

Download long term data as csv

Note: CSV data will include any outlying values that have been ignored by our graphing system as probably erroneous (eg, because they are ridiculously high compared to the values either side of them). It is your responsibility to filter these out if necessary.

Important! If you are planning to retrieve the csv data automatically, you must read and understand the limitations on the data and its availability.

Location and Technical Data

  • Monitoring Station: Kings Lynn South Quay GSM
  • Watercourse: River Great Ouse
  • Nearest Town/Village: King's Lynn
  • Local Authority: King's Lynn and West Norfolk
  • Ceremonial County: Norfolk
  • Coordinates: 52°45'4"N 0°23'35"E (52.751366,0.393311)
  • OS Grid: TF6162619770 (561626,319770)
  • Mapcode (Local): GBR N3Q.J89
  • Mapcode (Global): WHJP7.03KK
  • Open Location Code: 9F42Q92V+G8
  • Maidenhead Locator System: JO02es70
  • Environment Agency Location ID: E47901
  • Environment Agency Gauge ID: E47901-level-tidal_level-i-15_min-mAOD
  • River Levels Online ID: 6009
  • Water Information System ID: T33853
  • Operational Area: North West Norfolk Rivers
  • Catchment Area: North West Norfolk
  • UK Hydrometric Area: Great Ouse
  • Environment Agency Region: Anglian
  • Level Datum: Above Ordnance Datum (AOD)

Please note: Geographic coordinates may reflect the access point for the gauge, and not the precise location in the watercourse that it is taking readings from.

The highest level ever recorded at the River Great Ouse at Kings Lynn South Quay GSM is 4.95m, reached on Friday 13th January 2017 at 7:00pm.

Note that this data may not take account of recent measurements, as we wait until a level has been verified by the Environment Agency before adding it to our records.

Nearby Monitoring Locations

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