Noise maps released online
Maps which show which parts of the country are the most noisy have gone online for the first time.The brightly coloured maps can be used to see where, industrial, airport roads and railways cause the biggest noise.
On the Department for Environment and Rural Affairs website users in the 23 urban areas can search by post code.
Using computer modelling techniques it was fond that many area have roads registering 75 Db over a 24 hour period - a pneumatic drill measures 95 decibels.
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