Site Information for Plymouth Centre(UKA00360)

Plymouth Centre Information

The monitoring station is within an existing brick building located in the main pedestrianised shopping area in the city centre. The nearest road, Royal Parade is approximately 140 metres from the station and is a busy urban dual-carriageway. The surrounding area comprises business and retail outlets in an urban environment.

UK-AIR ID: UKA00360

EU Site ID: GB0687A

Altitude (metres): 18

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: Plymouth

Government Region: South West

Easting/Northing: 247748, 54614

Latitude/Longitude: 50.371670, -4.142361


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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 29/09/1997 - 4.0
Nitric oxide 29/09/1997 - 4.0
Nitrogen dioxide 29/09/1997 - 4.0
Nitrogen oxides as nitrogen dioxide 29/09/1997 - 4.0
Sulphur dioxide 29/09/1997 30/09/2007 Not available
Carbon monoxide 29/09/1997 30/09/2007 Not available
PM10 particulate matter (Hourly measured) 29/09/1997 - 4.0 FIDAS200
Non-volatile PM10 (Hourly measured) 01/03/2007 17/05/2021 0.0
Volatile PM10 (Hourly measured) 01/03/2007 17/05/2021 0.0
PM2.5 particulate matter (Hourly measured) 13/10/2009 - 4.0 FIDAS200
Non-volatile PM2.5 (Hourly measured) 13/10/2009 17/05/2021 0.0
Volatile PM2.5 (Hourly measured) 13/10/2009 17/05/2021 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 01/03/2007 17/05/2021 Not available
PM10 Ambient pressure measured 01/03/2007 17/05/2021 Not available
PM2.5 Ambient Temperature 13/10/2009 17/05/2021 Not available
PM2.5 Ambient Preasure 13/10/2009 17/05/2021 Not available

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Non-Automatic Hydrocarbon Network

Pollutant Start Date End Date Inlet Height (m)
benzene 20/06/2002 01/10/2012 4.0

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PAH Digitel (solid phase)

Pollutant Start Date End Date Inlet Height (m)
Benzo(a)pyrene 01/01/2022 - 4.0
Benzo(a)anthracene 01/01/2022 - 4.0
Benzo(b)fluoranthene 01/01/2022 - 4.0
Benzo(j)fluoranthene 01/01/2022 - 4.0
Benzo(k)fluoranthene 01/01/2022 - 4.0
Indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene 01/01/2022 - 4.0
Dibenzo(ac)anthracene 01/01/2022 - 4.0
Dibenzo(ah)anthracene 01/01/2022 - 4.0
5-Methyl Chrysene 01/01/2022 - 4.0
Anthanthrene 01/01/2022 - 4.0
Anthracene 01/01/2022 - 4.0
Benzo(b)naphtho(2,1-d)thiophene 01/01/2022 - 4.0
Benzo(c)phenanthrene 01/01/2022 - 4.0
Benzo(e)pyrene 01/01/2022 - 4.0
Benzo(ghi)perylene 01/01/2022 - 4.0
Chrysene 01/01/2022 - 4.0
Coronene 01/01/2022 - 4.0
Cyclopenta(c,d)pyrene 01/01/2022 - 4.0
Dibenzo(al)pyrene 01/01/2022 - 4.0
Dibenzo(ae)pyrene 01/01/2022 - 4.0
Dibenzo(ai)pyrene 01/01/2022 - 4.0
Dibenzo(ah)pyrene 01/01/2022 - 4.0
Fluoranthene 01/01/2022 - 4.0
Perylene 01/01/2022 - 4.0
Phenanthrene 01/01/2022 - 4.0
Pyrene 01/01/2022 - 4.0
Retene 01/01/2022 - 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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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