Air quality near you
How to find out more information about air quality in your local area.
Air quality in your area
There are a number of routes to finding out more information on air quality in your local area.
For our road network we have produced an interactive map which shows all of our monitoring data and the findings from our annual evaluation reports since 2022. All of the information and data used for the interactive map can be found in the annual evaluation reports section of our Air Quality library.
View our interactive air quality map
Sometimes we may not have collected data in your area. Your local authority’s website should also have information on air quality and their latest air quality report. The Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) website is also a good place to look as they also collect monitoring data from across the country.
Further information on current air quality schemes in your area may be found on the How we're tacking air quality page.
Clean air zones
While we don't have any clean air zones on the strategic road network of motorways and major A roads in England, there a number of local authorities with a clean air zone close to our network. In some cases, there may be a charge for drivers to enter the local authority’s clean air zone, depending on the type of vehicles they drive.
The following local authorities have clean air zones near to our network. Please follow the links to learn more about each zone. Our roads are shown in brackets:
- Bath (A36)
- Birmingham (A38, M6)
- Bradford (M606)
- Bristol (M32)
- Portsmouth (M275)
- Sheffield (M1)
- Tyneside (A1)
Transport for London has introduced the Ultra Low Emission Zone in the capital which is near to the M25 and M4 on our network.
If you want to learn more about clean air zones and whether you'll need to pay a charge to drive in them, guidance on clean air zones is available on Gov.uk.
Relevant Public Authority
National Highways has been designated a Relevant Public Authority (RPA) with respect to air quality. As part of this we're required to act as Air Quality Partners if we're in any way responsible for a source or sources of emissions contributing to an exceedance of a local air quality objective.
If local authorities have any concerns in relation to air quality and Air Quality Management Areas (AQMAs) they can contact us via email: airquality@nationalhighways.co.uk
Get in touch
If you have something you’d like to discuss with us, please get in touch by emailing: airquality@nationalhighways.co.uk
