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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 2025-01-06 08:00:00 25 1 Low
Armagh Roadside 2025-03-15 07:00:00 23 1 Low 25 2 Low*1
Aston Hill 2025-03-15 07:00:00 62 2 Low 8 1 Low
Auchencorth Moss 2025-03-15 07:00:00 43 2 Low 2 1 Low 5 1 Low*2
Ballymena Ballykeel 2025-02-27 09:00:00
Barnsley Gawber 2025-03-15 07:00:00 45 2 Low 19 1 Low 1 1 Low 4 1 Low 7 1 Low*2
Barnstaple A39 2025-03-15 07:00:00 9 1 Low 16 1 Low*2
Bath Roadside 2019-06-11 09:00:00
Belfast Centre 2025-03-15 07:00:00 6 1 Low 42 1 Low 2 1 Low 9 1 Low 16 1 Low*2
Billingham 2024-06-19 08:00:00 8 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 2025-03-15 07:00:00 54 2 Low 7 1 Low 5 1 Low 8 1 Low*2
Bottesford 2016-11-01 10:00:00
Bournemouth 2025-03-15 07:00:00 75 3 Low 8 1 Low 11 1 Low
Brighton Preston Park 2025-03-15 07:00:00 56 2 Low 9 1 Low 5 1 Low 8 1 Low*2
Bristol St Paul's 2025-03-15 07:00:00 50 2 Low 12 1 Low 12 2 Low 19 2 Low*1
Bush Estate 2025-03-15 05:00:00 46 2 Low
Cambridge Roadside 2025-03-15 07:00:00 22 1 Low
Camden Kerbside 2025-03-15 07:00:00 28 1 Low 4 1 Low 19 2 Low*1
Canterbury 2024-11-04 16:00:00
Cardiff Centre 2025-02-26 15:00:00
Carlisle Roadside 2021-06-21 16:00:00
Charlton Mackrell 2025-03-15 07:00:00 56 2 Low 3 1 Low 8 1 Low 12 1 Low*2
Chatham Roadside 2025-03-15 07:00:00 8 1 Low 8 1 Low 20 2 Low*1
Chepstow A48 2025-03-15 07:00:00 13 1 Low 12 2 Low 21 2 Low*1
Chesterfield 2014-06-20 11:00:00
Chesterfield Roadside 2025-03-15 07:00:00 12 1 Low 4 1 Low 8 1 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 2025-03-15 07:00:00 24 1 Low
Dumfries 2025-03-15 05:00:00 6 1 Low
Eastbourne 2025-03-15 07:00:00 65 2 Low 2 1 Low 4 1 Low 6 1 Low*2
Edinburgh St Leonards 2025-03-15 07:00:00 28 1 Low 17 1 Low 2 1 Low 4 1 Low 9 1 Low*2
Eskdalemuir 2025-03-15 07:00:00 43 2 Low 0 1 Low
Exeter Roadside 2025-03-15 07:00:00 50 2 Low 17 1 Low
Fort William 2025-03-15 07:00:00 16 1 Low 12 1 Low
Glasgow Kerbside 2025-03-15 07:00:00 42 1 Low
Glasgow Townhead 2025-03-15 07:00:00 23 1 Low 38 1 Low 4 1 Low 10 1 Low*2
Glazebury 2025-03-15 07:00:00 35 2 Low 14 1 Low 8 1 Low 11 1 Low*2
Grangemouth 2025-03-15 07:00:00 28 1 Low 2 1 Low 5 1 Low 10 1 Low*1
Grangemouth Moray 2025-03-15 06:00:00 27 1 Low
Great Dun Fell 2016-11-01 10:00:00
Haringey Roadside 2025-03-15 07:00:00 16 1 Low
Harwell 2016-01-21 14:00:00 0
High Muffles 2025-03-15 07:00:00 69 3 Low 3 1 Low 2 1 Low 4 1 Low*2
Honiton 2025-03-15 07:00:00 51 2 Low 8 1 Low 9 1 Low 12 1 Low*2
Horley 2025-03-15 07:00:00 20 1 Low 7 1 Low
Hull Freetown 2025-03-15 07:00:00 55 2 Low 13 1 Low 1 1 Low 4 1 Low 11 1 Low*2
Inverness 2025-03-15 07:00:00 6 1 Low 3 1 Low 5 1 Low*2
Ladybower 2025-03-15 07:00:00 72 3 Low 3 1 Low 1 1 Low 3 1 Low 5 1 Low*2
Leamington Spa 2025-03-15 07:00:00 54 2 Low 21 1 Low 8 1 Low 12 1 Low*2
Leamington Spa Rugby Road 2025-03-15 07:00:00 10 1 Low 7 1 Low 12 1 Low*2
Leeds Centre 2025-03-15 07:00:00 65 2 Low 18 1 Low 2 1 Low 3 1 Low 9 1 Low*2
Leeds Headingley Kerbside 2025-03-15 07:00:00 15 1 Low 7 1 Low 25 2 Low*1
Leicester University 2025-03-15 07:00:00 38 2 Low 6 1 Low 9 1 Low*2
Leominster 2025-03-15 07:00:00 64 2 Low 6 1 Low
Lerwick 2025-03-15 07:00:00 85 3 Low
Liverpool Queen's Drive Roadside 2017-01-09 12:00:00
Liverpool Speke 2025-03-15 07:00:00 43 2 Low 23 1 Low 1 1 Low 8 1 Low 16 1 Low*1
London Bexley 2025-03-15 07:00:00 31 1 Low 7 1 Low 12 1 Low*2
London Bloomsbury 2025-03-15 07:00:00 49 2 Low 19 1 Low 1 1 Low 6 1 Low 10 1 Low*2
London Eltham 2024-11-09 01:00:00
London Haringey Priory Park South 2025-03-15 07:00:00 49 2 Low 7 1 Low
London Harlington 2025-03-15 07:00:00 53 2 Low 13 1 Low 7 1 Low 13 1 Low*2
London Harrow Stanmore 2017-07-19 13:00:00
London Hillingdon 2025-03-15 07:00:00 52 2 Low 10 1 Low 6 1 Low 10 1 Low*2
London Marylebone Road 2025-03-15 07:00:00 9 1 Low 1 1 Low 9 1 Low 15 1 Low*1
London N. Kensington 2025-03-15 07:00:00 62 2 Low 13 1 Low 4 1 Low 5 1 Low 9 1 Low*2
London Teddington 2016-11-01 10:00:00
London Teddington Bushy Park 2025-03-15 07:00:00 6 1 Low 11 1 Low*2
London Westminster 2025-03-15 07:00:00 52 2 Low 23 1 Low 6 1 Low
Lough Navar 2025-03-15 07:00:00 13 1 Low 2 1 Low 3 1 Low*2
Lullington Heath 2025-03-15 07:00:00 80 3 Low 3 1 Low 1 1 Low 4 1 Low 5 1 Low*2
Mace Head 2025-03-11 15:00:00
Manchester Piccadilly 2025-03-15 07:00:00 41 2 Low 35 1 Low 9 1 Low 18 2 Low*2
Manchester South 2016-02-03 10:00:00
Market Harborough 2019-03-27 16:00:00
Middlesbrough 2025-03-15 07:00:00 37 2 Low 16 1 Low 1 1 Low 3 1 Low 13 1 Low*1
Narberth 2025-03-15 07:00:00 59 2 Low 3 1 Low 1 1 Low 7 1 Low 11 1 Low*2
Newcastle Centre 2025-03-15 07:00:00 50 2 Low 12 1 Low 6 1 Low 13 1 Low*1
Newcastle Cradlewell Roadside 2025-03-15 07:00:00 36 1 Low 4 1 Low 8 1 Low*2
Newport 2025-03-15 07:00:00 19 1 Low 9 1 Low 14 1 Low*2
Northampton Kingsthorpe 2017-04-06 22:00:00
Norwich Lakenfields 2025-03-15 07:00:00 25 1 Low 17 1 Low 5 1 Low 7 1 Low*2
Nottingham Centre 2024-01-30 16:00:00
Oxford Centre Roadside 2025-03-15 07:00:00 24 1 Low
Oxford St Ebbes 2025-03-15 07:00:00 62 2 Low 6 1 Low 5 1 Low 8 1 Low*2
Peebles 2025-03-15 07:00:00 16 1 Low 7 1 Low
Plymouth Centre 2025-03-15 07:00:00 54 2 Low 13 1 Low 9 1 Low 14 1 Low*2
Port Talbot Margam 2025-03-15 07:00:00 56 2 Low 24 1 Low 2 1 Low 10 1 Low 17 2 Low*3
Portsmouth 2025-03-15 07:00:00 64 2 Low 10 1 Low 7 1 Low 12 1 Low*2
Preston 2025-03-15 07:00:00 37 2 Low 40 1 Low 5 1 Low 9 1 Low*2
Reading New Town 2025-03-15 07:00:00 52 2 Low 6 1 Low 6 1 Low 9 1 Low*2
Rochester Stoke 2025-03-15 07:00:00 67 3 Low 5 1 Low 1 1 Low 5 1 Low 7 1 Low*2
Salford Eccles 2025-03-15 07:00:00 57 2 Low 51 1 Low 7 1 Low 15 1 Low*2
Saltash Callington Road 2025-03-15 07:00:00 8 1 Low 18 2 Low*1
Sandy Roadside 2025-01-22 13:00:00
Scunthorpe Town 2025-03-15 07:00:00 26 1 Low 0 1 Low 10 1 Low*1
Sheffield Devonshire Green 2025-03-15 07:00:00 53 2 Low 12 1 Low 5 1 Low 9 1 Low*2
Sheffield Tinsley 2025-03-15 07:00:00 52 2 Low 12 1 Low 5 1 Low 10 1 Low*2
Sibton 2025-03-15 07:00:00 56 2 Low 3 1 Low 5 1 Low*2
Southampton Centre 2025-03-15 07:00:00 23 1 Low 40 1 Low 2 1 Low 9 1 Low 13 1 Low*2
Southend-on-Sea 2025-03-15 07:00:00 54 2 Low 7 1 Low 5 1 Low 8 1 Low*2
Southwark A2 Old Kent Road 2025-03-15 07:00:00 18 1 Low 22 2 Low*1
St Osyth 2025-03-15 07:00:00 54 2 Low 5 1 Low 5 1 Low 8 1 Low*2
Stanford-le-Hope Roadside 2025-03-15 07:00:00 16 1 Low 9 1 Low 20 2 Low*1
Stockton-on-Tees Eaglescliffe 2025-03-15 07:00:00 12 1 Low 5 1 Low 17 2 Low*1
Stoke-on-Trent Centre 2025-03-15 07:00:00 39 2 Low 23 1 Low 6 1 Low 12 1 Low*2
Storrington Roadside 2025-03-15 07:00:00 37 1 Low 11 1 Low 23 2 Low*2
Strathvaich 2025-03-15 07:00:00 56 2 Low
Sunderland Silksworth 2025-03-15 07:00:00 48 2 Low 11 1 Low 4 1 Low 8 1 Low*2
Swansea Roadside 2025-03-15 07:00:00 12 1 Low 11 1 Low 18 2 Low*1
Thurrock 2025-03-15 07:00:00 54 2 Low 19 1 Low 1 1 Low 8 1 Low 14 1 Low*2
Tower Hamlets Roadside 2025-02-04 08:00:00 16 1 Low
Walsall Woodlands 2025-03-15 07:00:00 55 2 Low 17 1 Low
Warrington 2025-03-15 07:00:00 22 1 Low 7 1 Low 14 1 Low*1
Weybourne 2025-03-15 07:00:00 82 3 Low 4 1 Low 11 1 Low*2
Wicken Fen 2025-03-11 19:00:00
Wigan Centre 2025-03-15 07:00:00 38 2 Low 23 1 Low 6 1 Low 10 1 Low*2
Wirral Tranmere 2025-03-15 07:00:00 41 2 Low 33 1 Low 6 1 Low 10 1 Low*2
Wrexham 2025-03-15 07:00:00 33 1 Low 2 1 Low 6 1 Low 14 1 Low*2
Yarner Wood 2025-03-15 07:00:00 60 2 Low 5 1 Low 7 1 Low 9 1 Low*2
York Bootham 2025-03-15 07:00:00 30 1 Low 15 1 Low 8 1 Low 12 1 Low*1
York Fishergate 2025-03-15 07:00:00 25 1 Low 7 1 Low 24 2 Low*1

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