Noise from roads, trains or planes
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).