Site Information for Nottingham Centre(UKA00274)

Please Note: This monitoring site is closed.

Nottingham Centre Information

The monitoring station is within a self-contained, air-conditioned housing located in a pedestrianised area. Surrounded by 4 storey commercial buildings. Due to implementation of Turning Point North Scheme the nearest main road, A6008 Lower Parliament Street is now not a major through route within the city centre. Traffic flows primarily comprise of buses and taxis. Only authorised traffic (such as: blue badge holders, private hire vehicles, access for loading / unloading and to off-street car parks) which need access to the Turning Point zone are still able to do so.

UK-AIR ID: UKA00274

EU Site ID: GB0646A

Altitude (metres): 41

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: Nottingham

Government Region: East Midlands

Easting/Northing: 457440, 340047

Latitude/Longitude: 52.954730, -1.146447


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Partners

The Partners who operate networks at this monitoring sites are shown in the table below. Clicking on the Partner name will open their website in a new window.

Operator Networks
Bureau Veritas Automatic Urban Monitoring Network
Ricardo Energy & Environment Non-Automatic Hydrocarbon Network
Ricardo Energy & Environment PAH Digitel (solid phase)

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 02/09/1996 30/01/2024 2.5
Nitric oxide 02/09/1996 30/01/2024 2.5
Nitrogen dioxide 02/09/1996 30/01/2024 2.5
Nitrogen oxides as nitrogen dioxide 02/09/1996 30/01/2024 2.5
Sulphur dioxide 02/09/1996 30/01/2024 2.5
Carbon monoxide 02/09/1996 30/09/2007 Not available
PM10 particulate matter (Hourly measured) 02/09/1996 30/01/2024 2.5 FIDAS
PM2.5 particulate matter (Hourly measured) 19/12/2008 30/01/2024 2.5 FIDAS
Modelled Wind Direction 01/08/2010 30/01/2024 10.0
Modelled Wind Speed 01/08/2010 30/01/2024 10.0
Modelled Temperature 01/08/2010 30/01/2024 2.0

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Non-Automatic Hydrocarbon Network

Pollutant Start Date End Date Inlet Height (m)
benzene 14/03/2002 23/01/2024 4.0

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PAH Digitel (solid phase)

Pollutant Start Date End Date Inlet Height (m)
Benzo(a)pyrene 16/11/2016 23/01/2024 2.0
Benzo(a)anthracene 16/11/2016 23/01/2024 2.0
Benzo(b)fluoranthene 16/11/2016 23/01/2024 2.0
Benzo(j)fluoranthene 16/11/2016 23/01/2024 2.0
Benzo(k)fluoranthene 16/11/2016 23/01/2024 2.0
Indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene 16/11/2016 23/01/2024 2.0
Dibenzo(ac)anthracene 16/11/2016 23/01/2024 2.0
Dibenzo(ah)anthracene 16/11/2016 23/01/2024 2.0
5-Methyl Chrysene 16/11/2016 23/01/2024 2.0
Anthanthrene 16/11/2016 23/01/2024 2.0
Anthracene 01/01/2021 23/01/2024 2.0
Benzo(b)naphtho(2,1-d)thiophene 16/11/2016 23/01/2024 2.0
Benzo(c)phenanthrene 16/11/2016 23/01/2024 2.0
Benzo(e)pyrene 16/11/2016 23/01/2024 2.0
Benzo(ghi)perylene 16/11/2016 23/01/2024 2.0
Cholanthrene 16/11/2016 01/05/2019 2.0
Chrysene 16/11/2016 23/01/2024 2.0
Coronene 16/11/2016 23/01/2024 2.0
Cyclopenta(c,d)pyrene 16/11/2016 23/01/2024 2.0
Dibenzo(al)pyrene 16/11/2016 23/01/2024 2.0
Dibenzo(ae)pyrene 16/11/2016 23/01/2024 2.0
Dibenzo(ai)pyrene 16/11/2016 23/01/2024 2.0
Dibenzo(ah)pyrene 16/11/2016 23/01/2024 2.0
Fluoranthene 01/01/2021 23/01/2024 2.0
Perylene 16/11/2016 23/01/2024 2.0
Phenanthrene 01/01/2021 23/01/2024 2.0
Pyrene 01/01/2021 23/01/2024 2.0
Retene 01/01/2021 23/01/2024 2.0

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UK Black Carbon Network

Pollutant Start Date End Date Inlet Height (m)
Black smoke 22/03/2007 06/11/2008 Not available
Black Carbon (880nm) 07/11/2008 22/03/2012 3.0
UV Particulate Matter (UV-BC) 07/11/2008 22/03/2012 3.0

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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
Current Levels
Pre-Formatted Data Files
Black Carbon Black Carbon About network Data Selector
Non-Automatic Hydrocarbon Network Non-Automatic Hydrocarbon Network About network Network Information page
PAH Digitel (solid phase) PAH Digitel (solid phase) About network PAH data download page