Noise maps by town and city
Road and rail noise maps for 1,058 England towns and cities, from DEFRA Strategic Noise Mapping Round 4 (2022). Pick a place to see how many postcodes are affected, the noisiest spots and the quiet pockets.
East Midlands
- Alfreton
- Arnold
- Ashbourne
- Ashby-de-la-Zouch
- Bakewell
- Beeston
- Belper
- Bingham
- Bolsover
- Boston
- Bourne
- Brackley
- Burton Latimer
- Buxton
- Chapel-en-le-Frith
- Chesterfield
- Clay Cross
- Coalville
- Corby
- Cotgrave
- Crowland
- Darley Dale
- Daventry
- Derby
- Desborough
- Dronfield
- Earl Shilton
- Eastwood
- Gainsborough
- Glossop
- Grantham
- Heanor
- Heckington
- Higham Ferrers
- Hinckley
- Horncastle
- Hucknall
- Ibstock
- Ilkeston
- Irthlingborough
- Kettering
- Kimberley
- Kirkby-in-Ashfield
- Leicester
- Lincoln
- Long Eaton
- Long Sutton
- Loughborough
- Louth
- Lutterworth
- Mablethorpe
- Mansfield
- Mansfield Woodhouse
- Market Bosworth
- Market Deeping
- Market Harborough
- Market Rasen
- Market Warsop
- Matlock
- Melton Mowbray
- New Mills
- Newark-on-Trent
- North Hykeham
- Northampton
- Nottingham
- Oakham
- Oundle
- Raunds
- Retford
- Ripley
- Rushden
- Sandiacre
- Shepshed
- Shirebrook
- Skegness
- Sleaford
- Southwell
- Spalding
- Spilsby
- Stamford
- Stapleford
- Staveley
- Sutton in Ashfield
- Swadlincote
- Syston
- Thrapston
- Towcester
- Uppingham
- Wainfleet All Saints
- Wellingborough
- West Bridgford
- Whaley Bridge
- Wirksworth
- Woodhall Spa
- Worksop
- Wragby
Eastern
- Acton
- Aldeburgh
- Ampthill
- Attleborough
- Aylsham
- Baldock
- Basildon
- Beccles
- Bedford
- Berkhamsted
- Biggleswade
- Billericay
- Bishop's Stortford
- Borehamwood
- Braintree
- Brandon
- Brentwood
- Brightlingsea
- Bungay
- Buntingford
- Burnham-on-Crouch
- Bury St Edmunds
- Bushey
- Caister-on-Sea
- Cambridge
- Canvey Island
- Chatteris
- Chelmsford
- Cheshunt
- Chigwell
- Chipping Ongar
- Chorleywood
- Clacton-on-Sea
- Clare
- Coggeshall
- Colchester
- Cromer
- Dereham
- Diss
- Downham Market
- Dunstable
- Ely
- Epping
- Eye
- Fakenham
- Felixstowe
- Flitwick
- Framlingham
- Frinton-on-Sea
- Godmanchester
- Gorleston-on-Sea
- Grays
- Great Dunmow
- Great Yarmouth
- Hadleigh
- Halesworth
- Halstead
- Harleston
- Harlow
- Harpenden
- Harwich
- Hatfield
- Haverhill
- Hemel Hempstead
- Hertford
- Hingham
- Hitchin
- Hoddesdon
- Holt
- Houghton Regis
- Hunstanton
- Huntingdon
- Ipswich
- Kempston
- Kesgrave
- King's Lynn
- Leighton Buzzard
- Leiston
- Letchworth
- Loddon
- Loughton
- Lowestoft
- Luton
- Maldon
- Manningtree
- March
- Mildenhall
- Needham Market
- Newmarket
- North Walsham
- Norwich
- Peterborough
- Potters Bar
- Potton
- Radlett
- Ramsey
- Rayleigh
- Reepham
- Rickmansworth
- Rochford
- Royston
- Saffron Walden
- Sandy
- Sawbridgeworth
- Saxmundham
- Shefford
- Sheringham
- Soham
- South Woodham Ferrers
- Southend-on-Sea
- Southminster
- Southwold
- St Albans
- St Ives
- St Neots
- Stalham
- Stanford-le-Hope
- Stansted Mountfitchet
- Stevenage
- Stotfold
- Stowmarket
- Sudbury
- Swaffham
- Thaxted
- Thetford
- Tilbury
- Tring
- Waltham Abbey
- Waltham Cross
- Walton-on-the-Naze
- Ware
- Watford
- Watton
- Wells-next-the-Sea
- Welwyn Garden City
- West Mersea
- Whittlesey
- Wickford
- Wickham Market
- Wisbech
- Witham
- Wivenhoe
- Wixams
- Woburn
- Woodbridge
- Wymondham
London
North East
- Alnwick
- Amble
- Annfield Plain
- Ashington
- Barnard Castle
- Bedlington
- Berwick-upon-Tweed
- Billingham
- Bishop Auckland
- Blaydon
- Blyth
- Brotton
- Chester-le-Street
- Consett
- Corbridge
- Cramlington
- Crook
- Darlington
- Durham
- Ferryhill
- Gateshead
- Guisborough
- Haltwhistle
- Hartlepool
- Hebburn
- Hetton-le-Hole
- Hexham
- Houghton-le-Spring
- Jarrow
- Loftus
- Longbenton
- Marske-by-the-Sea
- Middlesbrough
- Morpeth
- Newbiggin-by-the-Sea
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Newton Aycliffe
- Peterlee
- Ponteland
- Prudhoe
- Redcar
- Rothbury
- Ryton
- Saltburn-by-the-Sea
- Seaham
- Sedgefield
- Shildon
- Skelton
- South Shields
- Spennymoor
- Stanhope
- Stanley
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Sunderland
- Thornaby-on-Tees
- Tow Law
- Tynemouth
- Wallsend
- Washington
- Whickham
- Whitburn
- Whitley Bay
- Willington
- Wolsingham
- Wooler
- Yarm
North West
- Accrington
- Adlington
- Alsager
- Alston
- Altrincham
- Ambleside
- Appleby-in-Westmorland
- Ashton-in-Makerfield
- Ashton-under-Lyne
- Aspatria
- Atherton
- Bacup
- Bamber Bridge
- Barnoldswick
- Barrow-in-Furness
- Barrowford
- Bebington
- Billinge
- Birkenhead
- Blackburn
- Blackpool
- Bollington
- Bolton
- Bootle
- Bowness-on-Windermere
- Bramhall
- Brampton
- Brierfield
- Broughton in Furness
- Burnley
- Bury
- Carlisle
- Carnforth
- Chadderton
- Cheadle
- Cheadle Hulme
- Chester
- Chorley
- Church
- Clayton-le-Moors
- Cleator Moor
- Cleveleys
- Clitheroe
- Cockermouth
- Colne
- Congleton
- Crewe
- Crosby
- Dalton-in-Furness
- Darwen
- Denton
- Droylsden
- Dukinfield
- Earby
- Eccles
- Egremont
- Ellesmere Port
- Failsworth
- Farnworth
- Fleetwood
- Formby
- Freckleton
- Frodsham
- Fulwood
- Garstang
- Gatley
- Golborne
- Grange-over-Sands
- Great Harwood
- Hale
- Haslingden
- Haydock
- Hazel Grove
- Heswall
- Heysham
- Heywood
- Hindley
- Horwich
- Hoylake
- Hyde
- Ince-in-Makerfield
- Irlam
- Kearsley
- Kendal
- Keswick
- Kirkby
- Kirkby Lonsdale
- Kirkby Stephen
- Kirkham
- Knutsford
- Lancaster
- Lees
- Leigh
- Leyland
- Litherland
- Little Lever
- Littleborough
- Liverpool
- Longridge
- Longtown
- Lymm
- Lytham St Anne's
- Macclesfield
- Maghull
- Manchester
- Marple
- Maryport
- Middleton
- Middlewich
- Millom
- Milnrow
- Morecambe
- Mossley
- Nantwich
- Nelson
- Neston
- Newton-le-Willows
- Northwich
- Oldham
- Ormskirk
- Oswaldtwistle
- Padiham
- Partington
- Penrith
- Poulton-le-Fylde
- Poynton
- Prescot
- Preston
- Radcliffe
- Rainford
- Ramsbottom
- Rawtenstall
- Rishton
- Rochdale
- Romiley
- Royton
- Runcorn
- Sale
- Salford
- Sandbach
- Sedbergh
- Shaw
- Silloth
- Skelmersdale
- Southport
- St Helens
- Stalybridge
- Standish
- Stockport
- Stretford
- Swinton
- Thornton
- Trawden
- Tyldesley
- Ulverston
- Urmston
- Walkden
- Wallasey
- Warrington
- West Kirby
- Westhoughton
- Whitefield
- Whitehaven
- Whitworth
- Widnes
- Wigan
- Wigton
- Wilmslow
- Windermere
- Winsford
- Workington
- Worsley
South East
- Abingdon-on-Thames
- Addlestone
- Aldershot
- Alton
- Amersham
- Andover
- Arundel
- Ashford
- Ashford
- Aylesbury
- Banbury
- Banstead
- Basingstoke
- Battle
- Beaconsfield
- Bexhill-on-Sea
- Bicester
- Bishop's Waltham
- Blackwater
- Bletchley
- Bognor Regis
- Bordon
- Bracknell
- Brading
- Brighton and Hove
- Broadstairs
- Buckingham
- Burford
- Burgess Hill
- Camberley
- Canterbury
- Carterton
- Caterham
- Charlbury
- Chatham
- Chertsey
- Chesham
- Chichester
- Chipping Norton
- Cowes
- Crawley
- Crowborough
- Crowthorne
- Cuckfield
- Dartford
- Deal
- Didcot
- Dorking
- Dover
- East Cowes
- East Grinstead
- Eastbourne
- Eastleigh
- Edenbridge
- Egham
- Emsworth
- Epsom
- Esher
- Eton
- Ewell
- Fareham
- Faringdon
- Farnborough
- Farnham
- Faversham
- Fleet
- Folkestone
- Fordingbridge
- Fordwich
- Frimley
- Gerrards Cross
- Gillingham
- Godalming
- Gosport
- Gravesend
- Guildford
- Hailsham
- Haslemere
- Hastings
- Havant
- Haywards Heath
- Heathfield
- Hedge End
- Henley-on-Thames
- Herne Bay
- High Wycombe
- Horley
- Horndean
- Horsham
- Hungerford
- Hythe
- Kidlington
- Leatherhead
- Lewes
- Littlehampton
- Lydd
- Lymington
- Maidenhead
- Maidstone
- Margate
- Marlow
- Midhurst
- Milton Keynes
- Minster
- New Alresford
- New Milton
- New Romney
- Newbury
- Newhaven
- Newport
- Newport Pagnell
- Northfleet
- Olney
- Oxford
- Oxted
- Paddock Wood
- Peacehaven
- Petersfield
- Petworth
- Polegate
- Portsmouth
- Princes Risborough
- Queenborough
- Ramsgate
- Reading
- Redhill
- Reigate
- Ringwood
- Rochester
- Romsey
- Royal Tunbridge Wells
- Ryde
- Rye
- Sandhurst
- Sandown
- Sandwich
- Seaford
- Selsey
- Sevenoaks
- Shanklin
- Sheerness
- Shoreham-by-Sea
- Sittingbourne
- Slough
- Snodland
- Southampton
- Southborough
- Southwick
- Staines-upon-Thames
- Steyning
- Sunbury-on-Thames
- Swanley
- Swanscombe
- Tadley
- Tenterden
- Thame
- Thatcham
- Tonbridge
- Totton
- Uckfield
- Ventnor
- Wadhurst
- Wallingford
- Walton-on-Thames
- Wantage
- Warlingham
- Watlington
- Wendover
- West Malling
- Westerham
- Weybridge
- Whitchurch
- Whitstable
- Wickham
- Winchester
- Windsor
- Winslow
- Witney
- Woburn Sands
- Woking
- Wokingham
- Woodley
- Woodstock
- Worthing
- Yarmouth
- Yateley
South West
- Amesbury
- Ashburton
- Axbridge
- Axminster
- Barnstaple
- Bath
- Beaminster
- Bideford
- Blandford Forum
- Bodmin
- Bournemouth
- Bovey Tracey
- Bradford-on-Avon
- Bradley Stoke
- Bridgwater
- Bridport
- Bristol
- Brixham
- Bruton
- Buckfastleigh
- Bude
- Budleigh Salterton
- Burnham-on-Sea
- Callington
- Calne
- Camborne
- Camelford
- Castle Cary
- Chagford
- Chard
- Cheltenham
- Chickerell
- Chippenham
- Chipping Campden
- Chipping Sodbury
- Christchurch
- Chudleigh
- Cinderford
- Cirencester
- Clevedon
- Coleford
- Colyton
- Corsham
- Crediton
- Crewkerne
- Cricklade
- Cullompton
- Dartmouth
- Dawlish
- Devizes
- Dorchester
- Dulverton
- Dursley
- Exeter
- Exmouth
- Fairford
- Falmouth
- Ferndown
- Filton
- Fortuneswell
- Fowey
- Frome
- Gillingham
- Glastonbury
- Gloucester
- Great Torrington
- Hayle
- Helston
- Highworth
- Holsworthy
- Honiton
- Hugh Town
- Ilfracombe
- Ilminster
- Ivybridge
- Keynsham
- Kingsbridge
- Kingsteignton
- Langport
- Launceston
- Lechlade-on-Thames
- Liskeard
- Looe
- Lostwithiel
- Ludgershall
- Lydney
- Lyme Regis
- Lynton
- Malmesbury
- Marazion
- Marlborough
- Melksham
- Mere
- Midsomer Norton
- Minchinhampton
- Minehead
- Mitcheldean
- Moreton-in-Marsh
- Moretonhampstead
- Nailsea
- Nailsworth
- Newent
- Newlyn
- Newquay
- Newton Abbot
- North Petherton
- North Tawton
- Northam
- Northleach
- Okehampton
- Ottery St Mary
- Padstow
- Paignton
- Painswick
- Penryn
- Penzance
- Plymouth
- Poole
- Portishead
- Radstock
- Redruth
- Royal Wootton Bassett
- Salcombe
- Salisbury
- Saltash
- Seaton
- Shaftesbury
- Shepton Mallet
- Sherborne
- Sherford
- Sidmouth
- Somerton
- South Molton
- South Petherton
- St Austell
- St Blazey
- St Columb Major
- St Ives
- St Just
- Stalbridge
- Stonehouse
- Stow-on-the-Wold
- Stratton
- Street
- Stroud
- Sturminster Newton
- Swanage
- Swindon
- Taunton
- Tavistock
- Teignmouth
- Tetbury
- Tewkesbury
- Thornbury
- Tidworth
- Tiverton
- Topsham
- Torpoint
- Torquay
- Totnes
- Trowbridge
- Truro
- Verwood
- Wadebridge
- Wareham
- Warminster
- Watchet
- Wellington
- Wells
- Westbury
- Weston-super-Mare
- Weymouth
- Wilton
- Wimborne Minster
- Wincanton
- Winchcombe
- Wiveliscombe
- Wotton-under-Edge
- Yate
- Yeovil
West Midlands
- Alcester
- Aldridge
- Atherstone
- Bedworth
- Bewdley
- Biddulph
- Bilston
- Birmingham
- Bishop's Castle
- Blackheath
- Bloxwich
- Bridgnorth
- Brierley Hill
- Bromsgrove
- Bromyard
- Broseley
- Brownhills
- Burntwood
- Burton upon Trent
- Cannock
- Cheadle
- Church Stretton
- Cleobury Mortimer
- Coleshill
- Coseley
- Coventry
- Craven Arms
- Croesoswallt
- Darlaston
- Droitwich Spa
- Dudley
- Eccleshall
- Ellesmere
- Evesham
- Fazeley
- Great Malvern
- Halesowen
- Henley-in-Arden
- Hereford
- Kenilworth
- Kidderminster
- Kidsgrove
- Kingswinford
- Kington
- Ledbury
- Leek
- Leominster
- Lichfield
- Ludlow
- Madeley
- Market Drayton
- Much Wenlock
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Newport
- Nuneaton
- Oldbury
- Penkridge
- Pershore
- Redditch
- Ross-on-Wye
- Rowley Regis
- Royal Leamington Spa
- Royal Sutton Coldfield
- Rugby
- Rugeley
- Sedgley
- Shipston-on-Stour
- Shrewsbury
- Smethwick
- Solihull
- Southam
- Stafford
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Stone
- Stourbridge
- Stourport-on-Severn
- Stratford-upon-Avon
- Tamworth
- Telford
- Tenbury Wells
- Tipton
- Uttoxeter
- Walsall
- Warwick
- Wednesbury
- Wem
- West Bromwich
- Whitchurch
- Whitnash
- Willenhall
- Wolverhampton
- Worcester
Yorkshire and the Humber
- Adwick le Street
- Baildon
- Barnsley
- Barton-upon-Humber
- Batley
- Bawtry
- Bedale
- Bentley
- Beverley
- Bingley
- Bolton upon Dearne
- Boroughbridge
- Bradford
- Bridlington
- Brigg
- Brighouse
- Castleford
- Cleckheaton
- Cleethorpes
- Conisbrough
- Cottingham
- Crowle
- Dewsbury
- Dinnington
- Doncaster
- Driffield
- Easingwold
- Elland
- Epworth
- Featherstone
- Filey
- Garforth
- Goldthorpe
- Goole
- Grimsby
- Guiseley
- Halifax
- Harrogate
- Haxby
- Hebden Bridge
- Heckmondwike
- Hedon
- Helmsley
- Hemsworth
- Hessle
- High Bentham
- Holmfirth
- Horbury
- Hornsea
- Howden
- Huddersfield
- Ilkley
- Immingham
- Keighley
- Kingston upon Hull
- Kirkbymoorside
- Kirton in Lindsey
- Knaresborough
- Knottingley
- Leeds
- Leyburn
- Liversedge
- Maltby
- Malton
- Market Weighton
- Masham
- Meltham
- Mexborough
- Middleham
- Mirfield
- Morley
- Normanton
- Northallerton
- Norton-on-Derwent
- Ossett
- Otley
- Pateley Bridge
- Penistone
- Pickering
- Pocklington
- Pontefract
- Pudsey
- Rawmarsh
- Richmond
- Ripon
- Rotherham
- Rothwell
- Royston
- Scarborough
- Scunthorpe
- Selby
- Settle
- Sheffield
- Shipley
- Silsden
- Skipton
- South Cave
- South Elmsall
- South Kirkby
- Sowerby Bridge
- Stocksbridge
- Tadcaster
- Thirsk
- Thorne
- Thurnscoe
- Tickhill
- Todmorden
- Wakefield
- Wath upon Dearne
- Wetherby
- Whitby
- Winterton
- Withernsea
- Wombwell
- Worsbrough
- Yeadon
- York