Air Quality Monitoring Stations

Salford operates a number of automatic air quality stations for measurement of pollutants using continuous analyses. Some sites are part of the Department of Environment and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) Automatic Urban and Rural Network (AURN) and other are maintained by Salford City Council as part of the Greater Manchester Air Quality Network (GMAQN). The network has over 10 years of data at various locations in the area. Data is available on Defra’s air quality pages, GreatAirManchester and Air Quality England. The sites in Salford are Eccles (AURN), M60 (AURN) and Glazebury (AURN) Note Defra operate the Glazebury site and are responsible for it. Defra also collect and manage the information for Eccles and the M60 data is managed by Salford. Current pollutants monitored Nitrogen dioxide, PM10, PM2.5, O3 Data available as excel compatible files Upon accessing this licensed data you will be deemed to have accepted the terms of the Public Sector End User Licence - INSPIRE.