Absolute gravity near 3 of the United Kingdom's (UK) core tide gauges was repeatedly measured using an FG5 gravimeter over a period of 3--4 years to determine vertical land movements at those gauges. The absolute gravity sites were established at Newlyn and Aberdeen in 1995 and in Lerwick in 1996. Assuming a height change of 1 mm causes a change in gravity of 0.2 &mgr;gal we see vertical land movements of 1.0¿1.4 mm/yr at Newlyn, -3.8¿1.6 mm/yr at Lerwick and 0.9¿3.1 mm/yr at Aberdeen. These land movements are, within the error estimates, in agreement with land movement predicted by a model of post-glacial rebound/subsidence. To ensure that our absolute gravimeter is giving accurate results it has been regularly intercompared with other absolute gravimeters and was verified to be in agreement at the 2 &mgr;gal level. ¿ 2001 American Geophysical Union