Key information
Request reference number: MGLA221026-0411
Date of response:
Summary of request
...are researching the impact of noise and air pollution on individuals health in terms of hypertension. We are need of access to live data streams of both noise and air pollution and would greatly appreciate API access to that data. Share API access to live air and noise pollution across major cities in the UK. At least London and Manchester.
Our response
The GLA does not hold live data streams for air quality or noise data ourselves. However, we can point you to publicly available data feeds we are aware of:
- London Air Quality Network (LAQN)
The LAQN manages the air quality data for numerous boroughs in London and provides a publicly accessible API to access real time air quality data from reference monitoring sites across London. The API is available here London Air Quality Network API
- Breathe London
Breathe London is a network of air quality sensors, funded by the Mayor of London, providing real-time air quality data across London. Breathe London has a publicly accessible API to access the monitoring data, available here Developers | Breathe London API
- Breathe London Communities
Breathe London Communities is a community air quality sensing network run by the Environmental Research Group at Imperial College London. Realtime air quality data is available through their publicly accessible API here Developers — Breathe London Communities
- OpenAir
The Open Air project provides air quality analysis tools for use within the open source statistical analysis programme R. The package includes tools for direct import of air quality data from UK reference monitoring stations managed by both LAQN and Air Quality England. More information is available here The openair book