New monitoring instruments in the national networks (November 2024 to January 2025)

News published: 03/03/2025

Defra’s Automatic and Rural monitoring network (AURN) is expanding during the next 3 years to include new stations and the monitoring of additional pollutants at existing sites. This expansion is in support of new legislation in England establishing the PERT (Population Exposure Reduction Target (PERT) and Annual Mean Concentration Target (AMCT). More information about these targets and the progress towards them can be found on UK-AIR at the PM Targets page. 

Since November 2024, the following new instruments have become operational:
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Site Code	Site Name	Site Classification	AQ Zone	Start Date	New Site*	New Instrument**	Pollutants	Full site information page
UKA01049	Blackpool Whitegate Drive	Urban Traffic	Blackpool Urban Area	07/11/2024	✓		PM2.5	https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/networks/site-info?uka_id=UKA01049
UKA01053	Reading Rose Kiln Lane	Urban Traffic	Reading/ Wokingham Urban Area	07/11/2024	✓		PM2.5	https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/networks/site-info?uka_id=UKA01053
UKA00623	Cannock A5190 Roadside	Urban Traffic	West Midlands	11/11/2024		✓	PM2.5	https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/networks/site-info?uka_id=UKA00623
UKA00600	Hull Holderness Road	Urban Traffic	Kingston Upon Hull	12/11/2024		✓	PM10	https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/networks/site-info?uka_id=UKA00600
UKA00600	Hull Holderness Road	Urban Traffic	Kingston Upon Hull	12/11/2024		✓	PM2.5	https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/networks/site-info?uka_id=UKA00600
UKA00605	Luton A505 Roadside	Urban Traffic	Eastern	12/11/2024		✓	PM2.5	https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/networks/site-info?uka_id=UKA00605
UKA01051	Middlewich A54 St Michael's Way	Urban Traffic	North West and Merseyside	13/11/2024	✓		PM2.5	https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/networks/site-info?uka_id=UKA01051
UKA00618	Nottingham Western Boulevard	Urban Traffic	Nottingham Urban Area	16/11/2024		✓	PM2.5	https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/networks/site-info?uka_id=UKA00618
UKA00618	Nottingham Western Boulevard	Urban Traffic	Nottingham Urban Area	16/11/2024		✓	PM10	https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/networks/site-info?uka_id=UKA00618
UKA00601	Sunderland Wessington Way	Urban Traffic	North East	19/11/2024		✓	PM2.5	https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/networks/site-info?uka_id=UKA00601
UKA00651	Portsmouth Anglesea Road	Urban Traffic	Portsmouth Urban Area	20/11/2024		✓	PM10	https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/networks/site-info?uka_id=UKA00651
UKA00651	Portsmouth Anglesea Road	Urban Traffic	Portsmouth Urban Area	20/11/2024		✓	PM2.5	https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/networks/site-info?uka_id=UKA00651
UKA00630	Derby St Alkmund's Way	Urban Traffic	East Midlands	21/11/2024		✓	PM2.5	https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/networks/site-info?uka_id=UKA00630
UKA00609	Leicester A594 Roadside	Urban Traffic	Leicester Urban Area	26/11/2024		✓	PM10	https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/networks/site-info?uka_id=UKA00609
UKA00609	Leicester A594 Roadside	Urban Traffic	Leicester Urban Area	26/11/2024		✓	PM2.5	https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/networks/site-info?uka_id=UKA00609
UKA00610	Stoke-on-Trent A50 Roadside	Urban Traffic	The Potteries	27/11/2024		✓	PM10	https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/networks/site-info?uka_id=UKA00610
UKA00610	Stoke-on-Trent A50 Roadside	Urban Traffic	The Potteries	27/11/2024		✓	PM2.5	https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/networks/site-info?uka_id=UKA00610
UKA00625	Birkenhead Borough Road	Urban Traffic	Birkenhead Urban Area	04/12/2024		✓	PM2.5	https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/networks/site-info?site_id=BBRD
UKA00612	Doncaster A630 Cleveland Street	Urban Traffic	Yorkshire and Humberside	05/12/2024		✓	PM2.5	https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/networks/site-info?uka_id=UKA00612
UKA01064	Maidstone Upper Stone Street	Urban Traffic	South East	10/12/2024	✓		PM10	https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/networks/site-info?uka_id=UKA01064
UKA01064	Maidstone Upper Stone Street	Urban Traffic	South East	10/12/2024	✓		PM2.5	https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/networks/site-info?uka_id=UKA01064
UKA00528	Newcastle Cradlewell Roadside	Urban Traffic	Tyneside	10/12/2024		✓	PM10	https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/networks/site-info?uka_id=UKA00528
UKA00528	Newcastle Cradlewell Roadside	Urban Traffic	Tyneside	10/12/2024		✓	PM2.5	https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/networks/site-info?uka_id=UKA00528
UKA00613	Southampton A33	Urban Traffic	Southampton Urban Area	18/12/2024		✓	PM10	https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/networks/site-info?uka_id=UKA00613
UKA00613	Southampton A33	Urban Traffic	Southampton Urban Area	18/12/2024		✓	PM2.5	https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/networks/site-info?uka_id=UKA00613
UKA01090	Bradford Shipley Airedale Road	Urban Traffic	West Yorkshire Urban Area	21/12/2024	✓		PM10	https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/networks/site-info?uka_id=UKA01090
UKA01090	Bradford Shipley Airedale Road	Urban Traffic	West Yorkshire Urban Area	21/12/2024	✓		PM2.5	https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/networks/site-info?uka_id=UKA01090
UKA01091	Slough Windmill Bath Road	Urban Traffic	South East	14/01/2025	✓		PM10	https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/networks/site-info?uka_id=UKA01091
UKA01091	Slough Windmill Bath Road	Urban Traffic	South East	14/01/2025	✓		PM2.5	https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/networks/site-info?uka_id=UKA01091
UKA01092	Nottingham Bilborough	Urban Background	Nottingham Urban Area	22/01/2025	✓		PM10	https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/networks/site-info?uka_id=UKA01092
UKA01092	Nottingham Bilborough	Urban Background	Nottingham Urban Area	22/01/2025	✓		PM2.5	https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/networks/site-info?uka_id=UKA01092
UKA01093	Harrogate Woodlands	Urban Background	Yorkshire and Humberside	23/01/2025	✓		PM10	https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/networks/site-info?uka_id=UKA01093
UKA01093	Harrogate Woodlands	Urban Background	Yorkshire and Humberside	23/01/2025	✓		PM2.5	https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/networks/site-info?uka_id=UKA01093

* A completely new monitoring site has been established

** A new instrument has been added to an existing air quality monitoring station

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