Air quality
Data and reports and how you can improve air quality.
Clean air is essential for health and helps to make the city a pleasant place to live. We monitor air quality around the city and are working to improve it.
Local air quality data is available on the Bristol Air Quality website.
National air quality data and pollution forecasts are available from Defra.
An air quality action plan is available at the West of England Partnership transport plan page.
Air quality report 2017
The 2017 air quality annual status report (pdf, 5.3MB) (opens new window) (opens new window) is now available.
How you can help improve air quality
Reducing traffic on Bristol's roads would reduce congestion and improve air quality. If we all stopped using our car for one in ten of our journeys, there would be 10% less traffic on the road.
How you can travel without a car
See our streets and travel section for information on cycling, walking and community transport.
The TravelWest website can help you:
- plan your journey by public transport
- plan your walking route
- find and join a car club
Elsewhere on the web
Downloadable files
- Updating and Screening Assessment 2015 (pdf, 2.7MB) (opens new window)
- Air Quality Annual Status report 2016 (pdf, 2.4MB) (opens new window)
- Air quality management area (pdf, 580k) (opens new window)
- AQMA boundary shape file (zip, 4k) (opens new window)
- Health Impacts of Air Pollution in Bristol - February 2017 (pdf, 2.4MB) (opens new window)
Contact information
Sustainability Team (Create)
Bristol City Council
PO Box 3176
Bristol, BS3 9FS