Local Air Quality

Continuous Monitoring Stations
Reading Council has a number of continuous monitoring stations which measure in real time the levels of different pollutants at a variety of places across the Borough. As well as this we also operate a substantial non-automatic network across the borough looking at Carbon monoxide, Nitrogen dioxide, Nitric oxide, oxides of Nitrogen, ozone, P10 particulates and Sulphur dioxide

Currently there are  4 sites 
Kings Road (outside Wyeclife Church on the pavement)
Newtown (In the Green Shed in the centre of the Cemetery at Cemetery Junction) 
Oxford Road
Caversham Road 


Pollution levels 
Air pollution map  for London and Reading is here http://www.londonair.org.uk/london/asp/publicbulletin.asp

Actual results of Air Quality Measurements from Reading sites can be found here 
 http://airquality.reading.gov.uk/reading/advgraphs.asp

7 Day results of Newtown's air quality monitoring  here 
http://www.londonair.org.uk/london/asp/basicgraphs.asp?region=0&site=RD0&sitename=Reading_-_New_Town&period=Seven_day&graphdate=11/12/2013&zoom=9&lat=51.44933190313278&lon=-1.0976072031249928&Species=All&laEdge=N&WhoBulletin= 

A Summary of the latest Air Quality 
can be found here http://airquality.reading.gov.uk/reading/bulletin.asp together with a summary of the health impact of low air quality on sensitive individuals 

London Air Quality Network
The Reading air quality sites form part of the larger London Air Quality Network (LAQN). The comprehensive source of information about air pollution in London. http://www.londonair.org.uk/LondonAir/Default.aspx  They also show when local pollution levels have exceeded government recommended levels.