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Air Quality Monitoring Locations

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Defra Air Quality Monitoring Stations in the UK

Location Latest Data Date/Time Running 8 Hour mean Ozone
(µgm-3)		 Hourly mean Nitrogen dioxide
(µgm-3)		 Max 15 min mean Sulphur dioxide
(µgm-3)		 Running 24 Hour mean PM2.5 Particles
(µgm-3)		 Running 24 Hour mean PM10 Particles
(µgm-3)
ValueLevelValueLevelValueLevelValueLevelValueLevel
Aberdeen 2021-09-20 19:00:00
Aberdeen Union Street Roadside 2024-05-17 08:00:00 41 1 Low
Armagh Roadside 2024-05-17 08:00:00 38 1 Low 18 2 Low*1
Aston Hill 2024-05-17 08:00:00 61 2 Low 2 1 Low
Auchencorth Moss 2024-05-17 08:00:00 90 3 Low 14 2 Low 23 2 Low*2
Ballymena Ballykeel 2024-05-17 08:00:00 13 1 Low 3 1 Low
Barnsley Gawber 2024-05-17 08:00:00 69 3 Low 10 1 Low 3 1 Low 15 2 Low 23 2 Low*2
Barnstaple A39 2024-05-17 08:00:00 3 1 Low 6 1 Low*2
Bath Roadside 2019-06-11 09:00:00
Belfast Centre 2024-05-17 08:00:00 63 2 Low 39 1 Low 1 1 Low 13 2 Low 23 2 Low*2
Billingham 2024-05-17 08:00:00 22 1 Low
Birmingham Acocks Green 2021-10-01 16:00:00
Birmingham Tyburn 2017-06-28 10:00:00
Birmingham Tyburn Roadside 2016-09-20 14:00:00
Blackburn Darwen Roadside 2014-05-06 09:00:00
Blackpool Marton 2024-05-17 08:00:00 82 3 Low 5 1 Low 14 2 Low 21 2 Low*2
Bottesford 2016-11-01 10:00:00
Bournemouth 2024-05-17 08:00:00 20 1 Low 17 1 Low 9 1 Low
Brighton Preston Park 2024-05-17 08:00:00 11 1 Low 19 1 Low 5 1 Low
Bristol St Paul's 2024-05-17 08:00:00 27 1 Low 23 1 Low 6 1 Low 13 1 Low*1
Bush Estate 2024-05-17 08:00:00 90 3 Low 8 1 Low
Cambridge Roadside 2024-05-17 08:00:00 18 1 Low
Camden Kerbside 2024-05-17 08:00:00 92 2 Low 11 1 Low 17 2 Low*1
Canterbury 2024-05-17 08:00:00 19 1 Low 11 1 Low 5 1 Low 7 1 Low*2
Cardiff Centre 2024-05-17 08:00:00 26 1 Low 17 1 Low 1 1 Low 9 1 Low 13 1 Low*1
Carlisle Roadside 2021-06-21 16:00:00
Charlton Mackrell 2024-05-17 08:00:00 21 1 Low 5 1 Low 7 1 Low*2
Chatham Roadside 2024-05-17 08:00:00 24 1 Low 5 1 Low 14 1 Low*1
Chepstow A48 2024-05-17 08:00:00 31 1 Low 6 1 Low 15 1 Low*1
Chesterfield 2014-06-20 11:00:00
Chesterfield Roadside 2024-05-17 08:00:00 32 1 Low 19 2 Low 30 2 Low*2
Coventry Memorial Park 2014-06-25 14:00:00
Cwmbran 2020-08-07 11:00:00
Derry 2016-03-04 12:00:00
Dumbarton Roadside 2024-05-17 08:00:00 17 1 Low
Dumfries 2024-05-17 08:00:00 49 1 Low
Eastbourne 2024-05-17 08:00:00 12 1 Low 14 1 Low 5 1 Low 6 1 Low*2
Edinburgh St Leonards 2024-05-17 08:00:00 86 3 Low 11 1 Low 0 1 Low 15 2 Low 28 2 Low*2
Eskdalemuir 2024-05-17 08:00:00 95 3 Low 2 1 Low
Exeter Roadside 2024-02-02 02:00:00
Fort William 2024-05-17 08:00:00 57 2 Low 3 1 Low
Glasgow Kerbside 2024-05-17 08:00:00 72 2 Low
Glasgow Townhead 2024-05-17 08:00:00 74 3 Low 17 1 Low 14 2 Low 25 2 Low*2
Glazebury 2024-05-17 08:00:00 47 2 Low 14 1 Low 11 1 Low 16 1 Low*2
Grangemouth 2024-05-17 08:00:00 21 1 Low 144 2 Low 12 2 Low 29 2 Low*1
Grangemouth Moray 2024-05-17 07:00:00 6 1 Low
Great Dun Fell 2016-11-01 10:00:00
Haringey Roadside 2024-05-17 08:00:00 38 1 Low
Harwell 2016-01-21 14:00:00 0
High Muffles 2024-05-15 20:00:00
Honiton 2024-05-17 08:00:00 23 1 Low 9 1 Low 4 1 Low 6 1 Low*2
Horley 2024-05-17 08:00:00 9 1 Low
Hull Freetown 2024-05-17 08:00:00 52 2 Low 22 1 Low 1 1 Low 18 2 Low 29 2 Low*2
Inverness 2024-05-17 08:00:00 12 1 Low 17 2 Low 29 2 Low*2
Ladybower 2024-03-04 14:00:00
Leamington Spa 2024-05-17 08:00:00 23 1 Low 15 1 Low 9 1 Low 12 1 Low*2
Leamington Spa Rugby Road 2024-05-17 08:00:00 17 1 Low 9 1 Low 12 1 Low*2
Leeds Centre 2024-05-17 08:00:00 81 3 Low 19 1 Low 16 2 Low 24 2 Low*2
Leeds Headingley Kerbside 2024-05-17 08:00:00 37 1 Low 16 2 Low 35 3 Low*1
Leicester University 2024-05-17 08:00:00 21 1 Low 19 1 Low 10 1 Low 14 1 Low*2
Leominster 2024-05-17 08:00:00 17 1 Low 7 1 Low
Lerwick 2024-05-17 08:00:00 107 4 Moderate
Liverpool Queen's Drive Roadside 2017-01-09 12:00:00
Liverpool Speke 2024-05-17 08:00:00 50 2 Low 12 1 Low 2 1 Low 14 2 Low 25 2 Low*1
London Bexley 2024-05-17 08:00:00 26 1 Low 8 1 Low 11 1 Low*2
London Bloomsbury 2024-05-17 08:00:00 40 2 Low 24 1 Low 5 1 Low 8 1 Low 11 1 Low*2
London Eltham 2023-07-04 17:00:00
London Haringey Priory Park South 2024-05-17 08:00:00 20 1 Low 14 1 Low
London Harlington 2024-05-17 08:00:00 27 1 Low 50 1 Low 7 1 Low 11 1 Low*2
London Harrow Stanmore 2017-07-19 13:00:00
London Hillingdon 2024-05-17 08:00:00 18 1 Low 57 1 Low 7 1 Low 13 1 Low*2
London Marylebone Road 2024-05-17 08:00:00 22 1 Low 40 1 Low 3 1 Low 11 1 Low 17 2 Low*1
London N. Kensington 2024-05-17 08:00:00 39 2 Low 20 1 Low 2 1 Low 8 1 Low 12 1 Low*2
London Teddington 2016-11-01 10:00:00
London Teddington Bushy Park 2023-10-09 16:00:00
London Westminster 2024-05-17 08:00:00 29 1 Low 21 1 Low 9 1 Low
Lough Navar 2024-05-17 08:00:00 71 3 Low 6 1 Low 8 1 Low*2
Lullington Heath 2024-05-17 08:00:00 35 2 Low 9 1 Low 2 1 Low 4 1 Low 6 1 Low*2
Mace Head 2024-05-17 08:00:00 80 3 Low
Manchester Piccadilly 2024-05-17 08:00:00 59 2 Low 37 1 Low 1 1 Low 16 2 Low 23 2 Low*2
Manchester South 2016-02-03 10:00:00
Market Harborough 2019-03-27 16:00:00
Middlesbrough 2024-05-17 08:00:00 84 3 Low 44 1 Low 1 1 Low 34 3 Low*1
Narberth 2024-05-17 08:00:00 59 2 Low 7 1 Low 1 1 Low 5 1 Low 8 1 Low*2
Newcastle Centre 2024-05-17 08:00:00 87 3 Low 24 1 Low 13 2 Low 37 3 Low*1
Newcastle Cradlewell Roadside 2024-05-17 08:00:00 11 1 Low 28 2 Low*1
Newport 2024-05-17 08:00:00 23 1 Low 7 1 Low 11 1 Low*2
Northampton Kingsthorpe 2017-04-06 22:00:00
Norwich Lakenfields 2024-05-17 08:00:00 7 1 Low 14 1 Low 4 1 Low 8 1 Low*2
Nottingham Centre 2024-01-30 16:00:00
Oxford Centre Roadside 2024-05-17 08:00:00 22 1 Low
Oxford St Ebbes 2024-05-17 08:00:00 21 1 Low 16 1 Low 6 1 Low 9 1 Low*2
Peebles 2024-05-17 08:00:00 81 3 Low 2 1 Low
Plymouth Centre 2024-05-17 08:00:00 5 1 Low 30 1 Low 5 1 Low 10 1 Low*2
Port Talbot Margam 2024-05-17 08:00:00 25 1 Low 21 1 Low 1 1 Low 11 1 Low 32 2 Low*3
Portsmouth 2024-05-17 08:00:00 19 1 Low 21 1 Low 7 1 Low 9 1 Low*2
Preston 2024-05-17 08:00:00 86 3 Low 11 1 Low 12 2 Low 18 2 Low*2
Reading New Town 2024-05-17 08:00:00 15 1 Low 15 1 Low 7 1 Low 10 1 Low*2
Rochester Stoke 2024-05-17 08:00:00 30 1 Low 18 1 Low 1 1 Low 6 1 Low 8 1 Low*2
Salford Eccles 2024-05-17 08:00:00 62 2 Low 32 1 Low 18 2 Low 28 2 Low*2
Saltash Callington Road 2024-05-17 08:00:00 2 1 Low 11 1 Low*1
Sandy Roadside 2024-05-17 08:00:00 17 1 Low 6 1 Low 13 1 Low*1
Scunthorpe Town 2024-05-17 08:00:00 18 1 Low 1 1 Low 37 3 Low*1
Sheffield Devonshire Green 2024-05-17 08:00:00 65 2 Low 20 2 Low 29 2 Low*2
Sheffield Tinsley 2024-05-17 08:00:00 77 3 Low 17 2 Low 26 2 Low*2
Sibton 2024-05-17 08:00:00 28 1 Low 4 1 Low 7 1 Low*2
Southampton Centre 2024-05-17 08:00:00 16 1 Low 28 1 Low 3 1 Low 6 1 Low 9 1 Low*2
Southend-on-Sea 2024-05-17 08:00:00 32 1 Low 20 1 Low 6 1 Low 8 1 Low*2
Southwark A2 Old Kent Road 2024-05-17 08:00:00 37 1 Low 18 2 Low*1
St Osyth 2024-05-17 08:00:00 57 2 Low 8 1 Low 4 1 Low 6 1 Low*2
Stanford-le-Hope Roadside 2024-05-17 08:00:00 38 1 Low 6 1 Low 9 1 Low*1
Stockton-on-Tees Eaglescliffe 2024-05-17 08:00:00 26 1 Low 13 2 Low 33 2 Low*1
Stoke-on-Trent Centre 2024-05-17 08:00:00 49 2 Low 18 1 Low 13 2 Low 18 2 Low*2
Storrington Roadside 2024-05-17 08:00:00 28 1 Low
Strathvaich 2024-05-17 08:00:00 46 2 Low
Sunderland Silksworth 2024-05-17 08:00:00 92 3 Low 10 1 Low 15 2 Low 29 2 Low*2
Swansea Roadside 2024-05-17 08:00:00 21 1 Low 8 1 Low 15 1 Low*1
Thurrock 2024-05-17 08:00:00 28 1 Low 40 1 Low 5 1 Low 5 1 Low 8 1 Low*2
Tower Hamlets Roadside 2024-05-17 08:00:00 30 1 Low
Walsall Woodlands 2024-05-17 08:00:00 9 1 Low 35 1 Low
Warrington 2024-05-17 08:00:00 20 1 Low 13 2 Low 23 2 Low*1
Weybourne 2024-05-17 08:00:00 26 1 Low 7 1 Low 11 1 Low*2
Wicken Fen 2024-05-17 08:00:00 21 1 Low 7 1 Low 2 1 Low 6 1 Low 11 1 Low*2
Wigan Centre 2024-05-17 08:00:00 82 3 Low 18 1 Low 13 2 Low 19 2 Low*2
Wirral Tranmere 2024-05-17 08:00:00 62 2 Low 18 1 Low 16 2 Low 23 2 Low*2
Wrexham 2024-05-17 08:00:00 22 1 Low 2 1 Low 10 1 Low 14 1 Low*2
Yarner Wood 2024-05-17 08:00:00 30 1 Low 2 1 Low 3 1 Low 6 1 Low*2
York Bootham 2024-05-17 08:00:00 82 3 Low 5 1 Low 16 2 Low 29 2 Low*1
York Fishergate 2024-05-17 08:00:00 32 1 Low 12 2 Low 31 2 Low*1

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