Site Information for London Bloomsbury(UKA00211)

London Bloomsbury Information

The monitoring station is within a self-contained, air conditioned housing located within the north-east corner of a central London gardens. The gardens are generally laid to grass with many mature trees. All four sides of the gardens are surrounded by a busy 2 lane one-way road system, which is subject to frequent congestion. The nearest road lies at a distance of approximately 25 metres from the station. The area in the in the vicinity of the manifold is surrounded by small buildings (lower than height of manifold).

UK-AIR ID: UKA00211

EU Site ID: GB0566A

Altitude (metres): 20

Environment Type: Urban Background

PM2.5 Targets This site is used in the assessment of both the Annual Mean Concentration Target (AMCT) and Population Exposure Reduction Target (PERT) under the Environmental Target (Fine Particulate Matter) (England) Regulations 2023, subject to meeting the inclusion criteria on an annual basis. To find out more about how measurements are used to calculate progress towards the targets and which sites have met the inclusion criteria in different years, please see the PM2.5 target calculation page.

Site Location

Environment Type: Urban Background

Site Address: London

Government Region: Greater London

Easting/Northing: 530119, 182039

Latitude/Longitude: 51.522290, -0.125889


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Partners

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Operator Networks
Bureau Veritas Automatic Urban Monitoring Network
Ricardo Energy & Environment Non-Automatic Hydrocarbon Network

Pollutants measured at this monitoring site

The pollutants measured at this monitoring site, grouped by network, are shown below. Use the links below to quickly jump to a specific network.

Automatic Urban Monitoring Network

Pollutant Start Date End Date Inlet Height (m) Hourly PM Measurement method
Ozone 23/01/1992 - 3.0
Nitric oxide 23/01/1992 - 3.0
Nitrogen dioxide 23/01/1992 - 3.0
Nitrogen oxides as nitrogen dioxide 23/01/1992 - 3.0
Sulphur dioxide 23/01/1992 - 3.0
Carbon monoxide 23/01/1992 16/07/2012 4.0
PM10 particulate matter (Hourly measured) 23/01/1992 - 3.0 FIDAS
Non-volatile PM10 (Hourly measured) 18/11/2008 18/02/2020 Not available FDMS
Volatile PM10 (Hourly measured) 18/11/2008 18/02/2020 Not available FDMS
PM2.5 particulate matter (Hourly measured) 26/03/1998 - 3.0 FIDAS
Non-volatile PM2.5 (Hourly measured) 18/11/2008 18/02/2020 Not available FDMS
Volatile PM2.5 (Hourly measured) 18/11/2008 18/02/2020 Not available FDMS
Modelled Wind Direction 01/08/2010 - 10.0
Modelled Wind Speed 01/08/2010 - 10.0
Modelled Temperature 01/08/2010 - 2.0

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Non-Automatic Hydrocarbon Network

Pollutant Start Date End Date Inlet Height (m)
benzene 28/05/2002 - 4.0

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Networks measured at this monitoring site

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Automatic Urban and Rural Monitoring Network (AURN) Automatic Urban and Rural Monitoring Network (AURN) About network Latest pollution summary
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Non-Automatic Hydrocarbon Network Non-Automatic Hydrocarbon Network About network Network Information page