Site Information for Wigan Centre(UKA00482)

Wigan Centre Information

The monitoring station is within a self-contained, air conditioned housing located adjacent to the hockey turf at Deanery High School. The inlet manifold is approximately 180 metres from the nearest minor roads, Frog Lane to the south and Parson's walk to the east. The surrounding area is predominantly residential with industrial and commercial areas to the south.

UK-AIR ID: UKA00482

EU Site ID: GB0864A

Altitude (metres): 45

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: Wigan

Government Region: North West & Merseyside

Easting/Northing: 357816, 406024

Latitude/Longitude: 53.549140, -2.638139


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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 08/10/2004 - 2.9
Nitric oxide 08/10/2004 - 2.9
Nitrogen dioxide 08/10/2004 - 2.9
Nitrogen oxides as nitrogen dioxide 08/10/2004 - 2.9
Sulphur dioxide 08/10/2004 30/09/2007 Not available
Carbon monoxide 08/10/2004 30/09/2007 Not available
PM10 particulate matter (Hourly measured) 08/10/2004 - 4.0 FIDAS200
PM2.5 particulate matter (Hourly measured) 27/11/2008 - 2.9 FIDAS200
Non-volatile PM2.5 (Hourly measured) 27/11/2008 20/06/2019 0.0
Volatile PM2.5 (Hourly measured) 27/11/2008 20/06/2019 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
PM2.5 Ambient Temperature 27/11/2008 20/06/2019 Not available
PM2.5 Ambient Preasure 27/11/2008 20/06/2019 Not available

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Non-Automatic Hydrocarbon Network

Pollutant Start Date End Date Inlet Height (m)
benzene 08/10/2004 09/10/2012 4.0

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Networks measured at this monitoring site

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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