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River Great Ouse at Kings Lynn South Quay GSM

Latest Tidal Level

-1.160m

At 6:10am, Thursday 21st November GMT

Within the usual range for this location

Falling, -0.930 from previous measurement at 6:10am, Wednesday 20th November GMT


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

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Recent warnings or alerts no longer in force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.

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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-5_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 usual range of the River Great Ouse at Kings Lynn South Quay GSM is between -1.82m and 4.02m. It has been between these levels for 90% of the time since monitoring began.

The typical recent level of the River Great Ouse at Kings Lynn South Quay GSM over the past 12 months has been between -2.09m and 4.87m. It has been between these levels for at least 150 days in the past year.

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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