Is this address too noisy to live with?
Get a plain-English verdict on road and rail noise for the property itself — calculated from national traffic data, not read off a zone map.
- for a Noise Risk Screening of one address
- £34.99
- typical time from payment to your Screening report
- 10–15 s
- risk bands, LOW to SEVERE — a LOW result is said as plainly as a SEVERE one
- 7
- DfT traffic count points behind the road calculation
- 46,745
It isn't a decibel question. It's a “what should I check” question.
A viewing on a quiet Sunday afternoon doesn't sound like a Tuesday rush hour — and it's easy to leave without a clear picture of the difference. Traffic and rail noise is often not covered in standard property listings, surveys or forms, so it's worth asking directly and checking it independently. By the time most people notice, they've exchanged.
So the real question isn't “what's the exact reading at 3pm on a Tuesday” — it's is this something to actually worry about, and what should I check before I commit. That's a risk-and-decision question, not a measurement one, and it's what the rest of this page is built to answer.
Find the right starting point in one question
What are you actually trying to find out?
A quick verdict, or the full day-in-the-life
- Step 1
Noise Risk Screening
“Should I worry?”
£34.99per reportSource: Catalogue price- Risk band + Lden / Lnight
- Familiar-sound comparisons
- Indoor estimate vs BS 8233
- Branded PDF in seconds
- Most vividStep 2
Noise Insight Report
“What is it actually like to live here?”
£99per reportSource: Catalogue price- Everything in Screening
- Audio simulation (real road/rail, not white noise)
- Aerial view with noise overlay
- 24-hour day/night profile
Already bought a Screening? The £34.99 you paid is credited when you upgrade that report: Insight £64.01 · Barrier Design £314.01 · Complete £464.01. Other upgrades are charged at the full price.
Honest about what it is, and what it isn't.
Calculated for the address
Every figure labelled
A calculation, not a measurement
Says so when it's fine
Plain English
Close calls stay close
Run two addresses side by side, free, in seconds — then come back and buy Screening or Insight on whichever one you're actually serious about. Choosing between three? Shortlist gets you three full Insight Reports plus an honest side-by-side ranking for £99.
Conveyancers, surveyors and portfolio buyers who need this across more than one instruction get co-branded or white-label reports and volume pricing instead of the consumer price above.
Where the numbers come from
National datasets and the standard UK methods — named in every report, next to the figure they produced.
Modelled from national datasets with the standard UK methods — and labelled as modelled, always.
Questions people ask before they commit
Why not just check a free noise-band map myself?
You can — the underlying government data (Defra noise mapping, DfT traffic counts) is public. But it comes as a coarse colour band on a nationwide map, not a reading for your specific address. Screening calculates your own Lden and Lnight figures from the traffic data, a plain-English explanation of what's actually driving the number, and a branded PDF you can send on — rather than you interpreting a colour swatch yourself.
I only want the day-to-day feel, not a pass/fail verdict — is that still worth paying for?
That's exactly what Insight is built for. Screening gives you a risk band and the headline numbers; Insight adds the 24-hour profile, an audio simulation and an aerial overlay, so you get a feel for the property rather than a single figure to interpret.
Can I check more than one property at once?
Yes — the free compare tool runs two addresses side by side with no purchase needed, which is the quickest way to narrow a shortlist before spending anything on either one.
I'm a surveyor, conveyancer or portfolio buyer — is this page for me?
This page is written for someone checking their own next home. If you need this across more than one instruction, as part of your own professional output, see Surveyors & Bulk Buyers for white-label and volume pricing instead.