Noise complaints in the South West part of the region (Cornwall, Devon and Dorset)

Source: Chartered Institute of Environmental Health by personal communication (2004)

Noise complaints in the Western part of the region (Somerset, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Swindon, South Gloucestershire, City of Bristol, North Somerset and Bath and North east Somerset): 2002 / 2003

Source: Chartered Institute of Environmental Health by personal communication (2004)

Noise offences relating to motor vehicles: 1986, 1991, 1996 & 2001

Source: Home Office, 2004

Noise complaints per million population in England and Wales: 1988 - 2003

Source: CIEH, 2003

Regional breakdown of mean levels – ordered according to background noise level

Key:
LAeq - Continuous equivalent noise level
LA10 - Noise levels exceeded for 10% of the time period, giving a measure of the peaks in fluctuating noise levels
LA90 - Background Noise Level

Source: BRE, The National Noise Incidence Study 2000/2001: Volume 1 – Noise Levels (2002)

Tranquillity in england (& the south west in detail): 1960s and early 1990s

Source: CPRE and Countryside Agency (1995)

Light pollution

Light pollution maps: South West in 1990 and 2000

Source: CPRE