Some of the most polluted high streets in Bristol have been revealed on Clean Air Day using data linked to postcodes.
High streets are the beating heart of most communities in the UK but they're also under threat from changing habits predominantly caused by a movement towards online shopping. But with 36,000 deaths linked to air pollution in the UK each year - how safe is it to be traipsing up and down the high street on a regular basis?
Stokes Croft is the high street area with some of the worst levels of air quality in the city. It's on the A38, one of the main roads north of the city centre, and therefore has both high levels of traffic and footfall. Two roads in Easton made it in the top ten high streets with very high levels of air pollution, which is not only harmful for the environment but damaging to our health if we're breathing in bad quality air regularly.
