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.
Nearby GNSS Stations from SONEL: LERI, LWTG
Nearby Real Time Stations from VLIZ: lerw2
Fast Delivery Data from UHSLC station 293: hourly and daily
Research Quality Data from UHSLC station 293: hourly and daily
Lerwick 170/001 RLR(1987) is 10.3m below TGBM HU4783 4129
Documentation added 1994-09-16
A Munro gauge is known to have been installed in December 1956, although a Lea system must have been operating prior to that. Another Lea replaced the Munro in November 1963. From May 1989 the gauge has been an "A Class" bubbler.
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 2012-05-22
When updating the RLR diagram to include Ordnance Datum Newlyn (ODN) it was noted that this is the same value as used for data for the period 1965-1979 and also agrees with the formally used Ordnance Datum Liverpool (ODL).
Documentation added 2015-05-18
TGI were at site 31.03.14 to carry out general maintenance and to change the compressor.
Data Authority
British Oceanographic Data Centre National Oceanography Centre Joseph Proudman Building, 6 Brownlow Street Liverpool L3 5DA