Noise from roads, trains or planes

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Further information

There are strategic noise maps for England provided by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).

These estimate noise from:

  • major roads - those with more than 6 million vehicle passages annually
  • major railways - those with more than 60,000 train passages annually
  • major airports - those with more than 50,000 aircraft movements annually (except for training on light aircraft)

They also estimate noise in urban areas (with populations greater than 250,000 and a certain population density).