Site Information for Birmingham Acocks Green(UKA00559)

Please Note: This monitoring site is closed.

Birmingham Acocks Green Information

The monitoring station is within a self-contained, air-conditioned housing located within the grounds of an annex to a large school. The monitoring station is approximately 70 metres from the nearest road (other than car park access road), Shirley Road.

UK-AIR ID: UKA00559

EU Site ID: GB1013A

Altitude (metres): 134

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: Fox Hollies Leisure Centre Shirley Road Birmingham B27 7NS

Government Region: West Midlands

Easting/Northing: 411654, 282146

Latitude/Longitude: 52.437165, -1.829999


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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 18/03/2011 01/10/2021 3.5
Nitric oxide 18/03/2011 01/10/2021 3.5
Nitrogen dioxide 18/03/2011 01/10/2021 3.5
Nitrogen oxides as nitrogen dioxide 18/03/2011 01/10/2021 3.5
Sulphur dioxide 18/03/2011 13/08/2012 3.5
PM10 particulate matter (Hourly measured) 16/05/2019 01/10/2021 3.5 FIDAS200
PM2.5 particulate matter (Hourly measured) 26/07/2011 01/10/2021 3.5 FIDAS200
Non-volatile PM2.5 (Hourly measured) 26/07/2011 16/05/2019 0.0
Volatile PM2.5 (Hourly measured) 26/07/2011 16/05/2019 0.0
Modelled Wind Direction 18/03/2011 01/10/2021 Not available
Modelled Wind Speed 18/03/2011 01/10/2021 Not available
Modelled Temperature 18/03/2011 01/10/2021 Not available
PM2.5 Ambient Temperature 26/07/2011 16/05/2019 Not available
PM2.5 Ambient Preasure 26/07/2011 16/05/2019 Not available

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Non-Automatic Hydrocarbon Network

Pollutant Start Date End Date Inlet Height (m)
benzene 04/05/2011 28/10/2014 3.5

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Networks measured at this monitoring site

The listing below shows the networks that this monitoring site belongs to. You can search for sites within these networks by clicking on their name, or use the network information links to find out more about them.

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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