The Environmental Health & Licensing Team operate a continuous air quality monitoring station. This provides up to date information on the levels of nitrogen dioxide, ozone and fine particles in the local atmosphere. A number of sites are also monitored for oxides of nitrogen using diffusion tube samplers.
What is today's air quality like?
Up to date air quality information is available via the following link: www.airquality.co.uk/archive/index.php.
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