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
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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.
Network | Search | Further Details | Get Data |
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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 |