Installation Details

Location of the monitor

St Marys Lane,
Ecclesfield,
SHEFFIELD,
South Yorkshire,
S35 9YE.
UK.

Latitude	53.442
Longitude	-1.469 ( Google maps)
Distance from kirb:	4 metres
Height above sea level	89m
Height of monitor above road	1.95 metres

The sensor is mounted on a South-West facing wall.

Pollution Sensor

• PM10 and PM2.5: Click to see the specification of the SDS011 sensor used, or what may be the manufacturer's patent for the SDS011.

Possible pollution sources

The major industrial pollution sources around Ecclesfield closed many years ago, however ...

• St Marys Lane is on the route of the new No. 83, 83a, 11, and 11a buses.
• The M1 is 1 mile to the West.
• The M1 J35 access roads of Barnsley Road/Ecclesfield Common, and Church Street run along the East and West.
• The Centre of Sheffield is 4 miles to the South.

National averages

The UK's population average PM2.5 concentration has fallen from about 16ug/m₃ in 1970 to about 7.5ug/m₃ in 2010 (ignoring temporary weather effects), resulting in the estimated number of deaths this pollution contributes to falling from 11.83% to 5.21% of all deaths.

These measurement pages are new, so if you experience any problems, find anything confusing, or have suggestions, then we would be grateful for an email on temp2b@ecclesfieldgroups.co.uk.