Air quality
Air quality
Data, reports and Bristol’s plans for clean air.
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.
Bristol's plan for clean air
Clean Air for Bristol has information about the Clean Air Zone proposals , air pollution and what causes it.
Follow @BCC_Clean_Air on twitter for the latest news and information on air pollution in Bristol.
Air quality data
Local air quality data is available on Open Data Bristol.
National air quality data and pollution forecasts are available from Defra.
Air quality reports
- 2020 air quality annual status report (pdf, 3.8MB) (opens new window)
- 2020 Impacts of solid fuel burning in Bristol: Policy options for reducing emissions (pdf, 971KB) (opens new window)
- 2020 Impacts of non-road mobile machinery (NRMM) in Bristol: Policy options for reducing emissions (pdf, 831KB) (opens new window)
- 2019 air quality annual status report (pdf, 3.9MB) (opens new window)
- 2018 air quality annual status report (pdf, 5.5MB) (opens new window)
- 2017 air quality annual status report (pdf, 5.3MB) (opens new window)
Elsewhere on the web
- Bristol City full council motion on establishing a clean air zone Go to https://democracy.bristol.gov.uk/documents/g254/Printed%20minutes%2008th-Nov-2016%2018.00%20Full%20Council.pdf?T=1 (opens new window)
- Air quality management area Go to https://opendata.bristol.gov.uk/explore/dataset/air-quality-management-areas/information/ (opens new window)
- ClairCity air pollution project Go to http://www.claircity.eu/ (opens new window)
Contact information
Sustainability Team (Create)
Bristol City Council
PO Box 3399
Bristol, BS1 9NE