Site Information for Northampton Kingsthorpe(UKA00567)

Please Note: This monitoring site is closed.

Northampton Kingsthorpe Information

The monitoring station is located in a self contained, air conditioned housing located next to a car park on SE edge of the University of Northampton campus. 500m from the nearest through road.The site is approximately 300 mertres west of a large industrial estate.

UK-AIR ID: UKA00567

EU Site ID: GB1019A

Altitude (metres): 128

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: Not available

Government Region: East Midlands

Easting/Northing: 476527, 264339

Latitude/Longitude: 52.271886, -0.879898


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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

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 09/07/2012 27/03/2017 4.0
Nitric oxide 09/07/2012 27/03/2017 4.0
Nitrogen dioxide 09/07/2012 27/03/2017 4.0
Nitrogen oxides as nitrogen dioxide 09/07/2012 27/03/2017 4.0
Sulphur dioxide 09/07/2012 31/07/2012 4.0
PM2.5 particulate matter (Daily measured) 09/07/2012 27/03/2017 4.0
Daily measured PM2.5 (uncorrected) 09/07/2012 27/03/2017 1.5
Modelled Wind Direction 09/07/2012 27/03/2017 Not available
Modelled Wind Speed 09/07/2012 27/03/2017 Not available
Modelled Temperature 09/07/2012 27/03/2017 Not available

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Non-Automatic Hydrocarbon Network

Pollutant Start Date End Date Inlet Height (m)
benzene 05/07/2012 24/10/2012 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
Current Levels
Pre-Formatted Data Files
Non-Automatic Hydrocarbon Network Non-Automatic Hydrocarbon Network About network Network Information page