Welcome to the UK Automatic Urban and Rural Network (AURN) site!
Air quality is monitored across the UK through a variety of sites located at strategic locations which continuously capture ambient air quality levels for selected pollutants. The information produced by this network plays a vital role in assisting the Government to:
- comply with European Air Quality Directives
- monitor progress in relation to the National Air Quality Strategy targets
- provide relevant information to the public
This information is collected, quality checked and ratified and made available to you through Defra's National Air Quality Archive.
It is important to know where these sites are located, which air quality conditions they represent, and which pollutants they measure. This map shows the position of the automatic monitoring stations of the AURN network. You can find detailed site information including:
- Location data (Grid references, site address, site photos, site location map)
- Site type (Roadside, urban background, rural, etc)
- Detailed site description of the local environment;
- Pollutants measured
in each region by querying the UK map to the left.
To see the list of sites within a particular region, click on the
region of interest on the UK map or on the key to the right.
