Site Information for Canterbury(UKA00424)

Please Note: This monitoring site is closed.

Canterbury Information

The monitoring station is located within a self contained housing located at the western edge of a large Technology School in a suburb of Canterbury. The surrounding area is open with residential dwellings and a railway line. The nearest road is a minor road approximately 20 metres away. Thie site is approximately 1.5 kilometres form the centre of Canterbury.

UK-AIR ID: UKA00424

EU Site ID: GB0737A

Altitude (metres): 35

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: Canterbury

Government Region: South East

Easting/Northing: 616187, 157319

Latitude/Longitude: 51.273990, 1.098061


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Partners

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Operator Networks
Bureau Veritas Automatic Urban Monitoring Network

Pollutants measured at this monitoring site

The pollutants measured at this monitoring site, grouped by network, are shown below.

Automatic Urban Monitoring Network

Pollutant Start Date End Date Inlet Height (m) Hourly PM Measurement method
Ozone 15/03/2011 04/11/2024 2.0
Nitric oxide 01/02/2001 04/11/2024 2.0
Nitrogen dioxide 01/02/2001 04/11/2024 2.0
Nitrogen oxides as nitrogen dioxide 01/02/2001 04/11/2024 2.0
PM10 particulate matter (Hourly measured) 02/01/2001 04/11/2024 2.0 FIDAS
PM2.5 particulate matter (Hourly measured) 27/05/2022 04/11/2024 2.0 FIDAS
Modelled Wind Direction 01/08/2010 04/11/2024 10.0
Modelled Wind Speed 01/08/2010 04/11/2024 10.0
Modelled Temperature 01/08/2010 04/11/2024 2.0

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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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