Site Information for Manchester Piccadilly(UKA00248)

Manchester Piccadilly Information

The monitoring station is within a self contained air conditioned housing in the west-end of central Manchester in a pedestrianised zone approx 3 metres from (electric) tramline. The nearest major road, the A5103 Portland Street is approximately 200 metres from the station. The surrounding area is generally open with commercial property.

UK-AIR ID: UKA00248

EU Site ID: GB0613A

Altitude (metres): 57

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: Manchester

Government Region: North West & Merseyside

Easting/Northing: 384311, 398337

Latitude/Longitude: 53.481520, -2.237881


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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 18/12/1995 - 3.7
Nitric oxide 18/12/1995 - 3.7
Nitrogen dioxide 18/12/1995 - 3.7
Nitrogen oxides as nitrogen dioxide 18/12/1995 - 3.7
Sulphur dioxide 18/12/1995 - 3.7
Carbon monoxide 18/12/1995 30/09/2007 Not available
PM10 particulate matter (Hourly measured) 18/12/1995 - 3.7 FIDAS200
Non-volatile PM10 (Hourly measured) 15/03/2007 15/01/2009 Not available
Volatile PM10 (Hourly measured) 15/03/2007 15/01/2009 Not available
PM2.5 particulate matter (Hourly measured) 15/01/2009 - 3.7 FIDAS200
Non-volatile PM2.5 (Hourly measured) 15/01/2009 31/12/2019 0.0
Volatile PM2.5 (Hourly measured) 15/01/2009 31/12/2019 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 15/03/2007 15/01/2009 Not available
PM10 Ambient pressure measured 15/03/2007 15/01/2009 Not available
PM2.5 Ambient Temperature 15/01/2009 31/12/2019 Not available
PM2.5 Ambient Preasure 15/01/2009 31/12/2019 Not available

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Non-Automatic Hydrocarbon Network

Pollutant Start Date End Date Inlet Height (m)
benzene 20/03/2002 - 4.0

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Partisol Research

Pollutant Start Date End Date Inlet Height (m)
PM10 particulate matter (Daily measured) 21/03/2002 04/10/2007 Not available
PM2.5 particulate matter (Daily measured) 28/02/2002 04/10/2007 Not available
Daily measured PM10 (uncorrected) 21/03/2002 04/10/2007 Not available
Daily measured PM2.5 (uncorrected) 28/02/2002 04/10/2007 Not available

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UK Black Carbon Network

Pollutant Start Date End Date Inlet Height (m)
Black smoke 30/09/2006 27/10/2008 Not available
Black Carbon (880nm) 31/10/2008 22/03/2012 4.0
UV Particulate Matter (UV-BC) 31/10/2008 22/03/2012 4.0

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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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Black Carbon Black Carbon About network Data Selector
Non-Automatic Hydrocarbon Network Non-Automatic Hydrocarbon Network About network Network Information page
Partisol Research Partisol Research About network Data Selector