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North Shields Monitoring Station

Latest Tidal Level

0.910m

At 10:45am, Sunday 22nd December GMT

Within the usual range for this location

Falling, -0.170 from previous measurement at 10:30am, Sunday 22nd December GMT

Warning! The current value seems implausibly high. It is quite possible that this is an error. You should not, therefore rely on the accuracy of this data.


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.

Flood Warning Areas Covering Here

Tyne estuary at North Shields, South Shields and Howdon Pans

No current or recent warnings.

Tyne estuary

Recent warnings or alerts no longer in force

Other Nearby Flood Warning Areas

North Sea at Whitley Bay, Cullercoats and Tynemouth

No current or recent warnings.

Tyne estuary at Newcastle Quayside, Low Walker, Lower Derwenthaugh Industrial Estate and Willington

No current or recent warnings.

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: North Shields
  • Watercourse:
  • Nearest Town/Village:
  • Local Authority: North Tyneside
  • Ceremonial County: Tyne & Wear
  • Coordinates: 55°0'27"N 1°26'22"W (55.007531,-1.439658)
  • OS Grid: NZ3593668253 (435936,568253)
  • Mapcode (Local): GBR LBDJ.3R
  • Mapcode (Global): WHD4R.VDMH
  • Open Location Code: 9C7W2H56+24
  • Maidenhead Locator System: IO95ga71
  • Environment Agency Location ID: LN23999
  • Environment Agency Gauge ID: LN23999-level-tidal_level-i-15_min-mAOD
  • Operational Area: Tyne Lower and Estuary
  • Catchment Area: Tyne
  • UK Hydrometric Area: Tyne (Northumberland)
  • Environment Agency Region: North East
  • 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 North Shields Monitoring Station is between -2.21m and 2.80m. It has been between these levels for 90% of the time since monitoring began.

The typical recent level of the North Shields Monitoring Station over the past 12 months has been between -2.57m and 3.07m. It has been between these levels for at least 150 days in the past year.

Nearby Monitoring Locations

There are no other monitored rivers nearby

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