Site Information for Camden Kerbside(UKA00259)

Camden Kerbside Information

The monitoring station is located in a self contained, air conditioned cabin on the north side of the Swiss Cottage Junction on the A41 (Finchley Road). The site is at the southern end of a broad street canyon, the road is often congested. Pedestrian traffic is also high. The surrounding area mainly consists of shops and offices. The site is part of the London Air Quality Network and is owned and funded by the London Borough of Camden. The monitoring station is located approximately 1 metre from the kerb.

UK-AIR ID: UKA00259

EU Site ID: GB0636A

Altitude (metres): 50

Environment Type: Urban Traffic

PM2.5 Targets This site is used in the assessment of the Annual Mean Concentration Target (AMCT) under the Environmental Target (Fine Particulate Matter) (England) Regulations 2023, subject to meeting the inclusion criteria on an annual basis. It is not used in the assessment of the Population Exposure Reduction Target (PERT). 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 Traffic

Site Address: London

Government Region: Greater London

Easting/Northing: 526633, 184390

Latitude/Longitude: 51.544210, -0.175269


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Partners

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Operator Networks
Bureau Veritas Automatic London 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 London Monitoring Network

Pollutant Start Date End Date Inlet Height (m) Hourly PM Measurement method
Nitric oxide 16/05/1996 - 2.0
Nitrogen dioxide 16/05/1996 - 2.0
Nitrogen oxides as nitrogen dioxide 16/05/1996 - 2.0
Non-volatile PM10 (Hourly measured) 19/02/2009 14/09/2021 0.0
Volatile PM10 (Hourly measured) 19/02/2009 14/09/2021 0.0
Non-volatile PM2.5 (Hourly measured) 19/02/2009 14/09/2021 0.0
Volatile PM2.5 (Hourly measured) 19/02/2009 14/09/2021 0.0
Modelled Wind Direction 01/08/2010 - Not available
Modelled Wind Speed 01/08/2010 - Not available
Modelled Temperature 01/08/2010 - Not available
PM10 Ambient Temperature 19/02/2009 14/09/2021 Not available
PM10 Ambient pressure measured 19/02/2009 14/09/2021 Not available
PM2.5 Ambient Temperature 19/02/2009 14/09/2021 Not available
PM2.5 Ambient Preasure 19/02/2009 14/09/2021 Not available

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Non-Automatic Hydrocarbon Network

Pollutant Start Date End Date Inlet Height (m)
benzene 03/01/2008 20/01/2020 3.0

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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 Data Selector
Non-Automatic Hydrocarbon Network Non-Automatic Hydrocarbon Network About network Network Information page