Site Information for London Eltham(UKA00230)

London Eltham Information

The monitoring station is located within an existing building in the grounds of an environmental education centre. The nearest road, the A210 Bexley Road is approximately 25m to the south of the station. The surroundings consist of a mixture of habitats including trees, areas of grass, ponds, a golf course and housing. The site is part of the London Air Quality Network and is owned and funded by the London Borough of Greenwich.

UK-AIR ID: UKA00230

EU Site ID: GB0586A

Altitude (metres): 60

Environment Type: Suburban 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: Suburban Background

Site Address: London

Government Region: Greater London

Easting/Northing: 543981, 174655

Latitude/Longitude: 51.452580, 0.070766


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Partners

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Operator Networks
Bureau Veritas Automatic London Monitoring Network
Ricardo Energy & Environment Automatic Hydrocarbon Monitoring 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 Hydrocarbon Monitoring Network

Pollutant Start Date End Date Inlet Height (m)
ethane 08/10/1993 - 4.0
ethene 08/10/1993 - 4.0
ethyne 08/10/1993 - 4.0
propane 08/10/1993 - 4.0
propene 08/10/1993 - 4.0
iso-butane 08/10/1993 - 4.0
n-butane 08/10/1993 - 4.0
1-butene 08/10/1993 - 4.0
trans-2-butene 08/10/1993 - 4.0
cis-2-butene 08/10/1993 - 4.0
iso-pentane 08/10/1993 - 4.0
n-pentane 08/10/1993 - 4.0
1,3-butadiene 08/10/1993 - 4.0
trans-2-pentene 08/10/1993 - 4.0
1-pentene 10/08/2005 - 4.0
cis-2-pentene (VOC-AIR only) 08/10/1993 31/12/2005 Not available
2-methylpentane 17/10/2003 - 4.0
3-methylpentane (VOC-AIR only) 17/10/2003 31/12/2005 Not available
2+3-methylpentane (VOC-AIR only) 08/10/1993 31/12/2000 Not available
isoprene 08/10/1993 - 4.0
n-hexane 08/10/1993 - 4.0
n-heptane 08/10/1993 - 4.0
iso-octane 10/08/2005 - 4.0
n-octane 10/08/2005 - 4.0
benzene 08/10/1993 - 4.0
toluene 08/10/1993 - 4.0
ethylbenzene 08/10/1993 - 4.0
m+p-xylene 08/10/1993 - 4.0
o-xylene 08/10/1993 - 4.0
1,2,3-trimethylbenzene 10/08/2005 - 4.0
1,2,4-trimethylbenzene 17/10/2003 - 4.0
1,3,5-trimethylbenzene 17/10/2003 - 4.0

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Automatic London Monitoring Network

Pollutant Start Date End Date Inlet Height (m) Hourly PM Measurement method
Ozone 01/04/1996 - 5.0
Nitric oxide 01/04/1996 - 5.0
Nitrogen dioxide 01/04/1996 - 5.0
Nitrogen oxides as nitrogen dioxide 01/04/1996 - 5.0
Sulphur dioxide 01/04/1996 30/09/2007 Not available
PM10 particulate matter (Hourly measured) 01/04/1996 - 5.0 FIDAS200
Non-volatile PM2.5 (Hourly measured) 15/05/2008 11/03/2021 0.0
Volatile PM2.5 (Hourly measured) 15/05/2008 11/03/2021 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
PM2.5 Ambient Temperature 15/05/2008 11/03/2021 Not available
PM2.5 Ambient Preasure 15/05/2008 11/03/2021 Not available

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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 Hydrocarbon Network Automatic Hydrocarbon Network About network Data Selector
Automatic Urban and Rural Monitoring Network (AURN) Automatic Urban and Rural Monitoring Network (AURN) About network Data Selector