Crap Towns / Brighouse / Air quality
How dirty is the air in Brighouse?
People in Brighouse breathed an average of 11.0 micrograms of nitrogen dioxide per cubic metre in 2024, 36% higher than the typical town's 8.1, and 7.3 of fine particles (PM2.5), 9% higher than the typical town's 6.7. Both are over the World Health Organization's guidelines of 10 and 5.
| Pollutant | Here | Typical town | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 11.0 | 8.1 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.3 | 6.7 | 5 |
| Town | Distance | Nitrogen dioxide, µg/m³ |
|---|---|---|
| Cleckheaton | 5.1 km | 13.2 |
| Gomersal and Birkenshaw | 8.2 km | 13.1 |
| Heckmondwike | 7.7 km | 12.7 |
| Liversedge | 5.6 km | 12.1 |
| Mirfield | 6.5 km | 11.3 |
| Brighouse | – | 11.0 |
| Huddersfield | 6.3 km | 10.8 |
| Elland | 3.7 km | 9.7 |
| Shelf and Northowram | 5.0 km | 8.9 |
| Halifax | 7.0 km | 8.8 |
| Queensbury | 8.0 km | 8.4 |
| The typical town | – | 8.1 |