Website updated February 2026
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Welcome to the UK Noise Association website

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                        About Us

The UK Noise Association is a voluntary non-charitable, non profit making campaigning organisation. Launched in the year 2000.  At present it is being run by a group of people with proven expertise in noise and many years of experience campaigning on the issue.​
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Our contact details are at the top of the page and a Contact Form at the bottom of this page.
Unfortunately, though, we are not in a position to assist people with individual noise problems but our helpful links page includes details of bodies which can help.

Donate/Support

Would you like to support the work of the UK Noise Association by ​making a donation?
Please contact us via email ​found at the top of this page
or fill in the Contact Us form at the
​bottom of this page.

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News and Information Slideshow

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Leading International noise campaigner Dr Arline Bronzaft dies
​(October 2025)

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UKELA Annual Conference
Featuring the UKNA team
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Webinar recording available September 2025
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BBC Documentary Podcast

New book published 
(©2025)
Open Access now

Go to Cut Noise Blog for dozens of interesting, informative and provocative blogs

The Quietest Year explores the often-ignored crisis of noise pollution, which has significant public health and environmental justice implications in Vermont and beyond. The lockdown provided a temporary relief from the main source of noise pollution: transportation.

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Noise Law Book Launch Noise Book Launch
​Photos & Video

Items below can now be viewed in our Archive Material section 


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General Election 2024

Noise challenges facing a new Government

UK Noise Association Launch a Manifesto to Tackle Noise and Provide Solutions

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"The new Labour government has a real opportunity to make a difference on noise pollution."

UECNA WEBINAR
March 25, 18:00 CET
Dr Thomas Münzel, senior professor of cardiology at the University of Mainz, will speak about the impact of aircraft noise on health
#Questions #Discussion
​ https://www.uecna.eu/

Arline Bronzaft
Podcast and transcript  June 2024

Check out our Topics page

LEAF BLOWERS
 
UK PETITION TO BAN PETROL LEAFBLOWERS IN THE UK
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/618978

Leaf Blowers can cause real noise problems
Leak Blowers have been a problem in America for many years but they are now also a problem in the UK.
https://www.zmescience.com/science/leaf-blowers-health-noise-hazards/#:~:text=The%20inefficient%20gas%20engines%20typically,loss%2C%20according%20to%20the%20CDC.
 
100 American cities have banned noisy leaf blowers
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/05/gas-leaf-blowers-banned-washington-dc
 
A petition to ban noisy leaf blowers in the UK
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/asblow-campaign-to-outlaw-noisy-polluting-leaf-blowers
A discussion paper about Traffic noise in London

'Noise, Low-Income and Health'
​25th November 2024

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The Bottom Rung: 
P6 (Winter 2025 edition)

​Below: The Government's Response to letter from CIEH and IES

What's New from
the UK Noise Association

New case note

ingenia January 2026 Issue 105
"Turning down the noise: the battle against noise pollution"

Latest edition of The Bottom Rung
January 2026

NONOISE PODCAST

 Pipedown latest newsletter published October 2025

https://www.pipedown.org.uk/
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Book review by UKNA Chair John Stewart

Case Note: 
Statutory nuisance
Enfield London Borough Council v Beckford [2025] EWHC 1218

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Full statement from the Chair of
​UK Noise Association (below)

John Stewart, Chair of the UK Noise Association, responds to the
​BBC news item
'Planning change to make installing heat pumps easier for millions'
There is no doubt that the relaxation of the rules on distance, size and number of heat pumps will increase the noise problems, especially for people in terraced homes, shared and social housing. A socially regressive measure. There is also nothing about tightening the rules on the all-important tone (pitch) of the noise. Many heat pumps are improving but the noise problems they create have not been sorted out."
ENDS 
John Stewart
Chair, UK Noise Association

Letter in The Guardian

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Press Release 10/4/25
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Welcome from our Honorary President, Val Weedon MBE.

A QUIET WORD


In 1991 I embarked on a local campaign to highlight the problem of neighbour noise after my partner and I had been forced to move house following a year long dispute with a noisy anti-social neighbour.  That local campaign turned into a national campaign and nine years further down the line I had made contact with many other campaigners involved in actively trying to do something about noise that impacted in many types of forms.  
As well as neighbour noise, there was community noise, traffic noise, aircraft noise, wind turbine noise, industrial noise and background noise (or piped music).  Together,  we would meet regularly to share our concerns at this growing menace.  Then in the year 2000 we decided to set up a coalition and call ourselves the UK Noise Association.   We managed to secure some funding that enabled us to influence  politicians and policy makers.  In 2011 our book Why Noise Matters was published. Highly recommended for those wanting to know more.
​Although we have a small amount of funding remaining, all our work these days is carried out voluntarily by a small team of dedicated UK Noise Association activists.   As an organisation we believe that noise reduction is achievable, but we are also realistic that it is an on-going problem with new issues rearing its ugly head all the time.   A lot of noise reduction is down to simple behaviour modification and the rest is down to the will of politicians, planners, policy makers and the manufacturing industry producing quieter products for the future. 
We hope you will do your bit and help make the world a quieter place.
Val Weedon MBE
(April 2021, updated March 2025)
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WHY NOISE MATTERS
Published by Earthscan 2011

the quiet guide 2007
ISBN 978-0-9555699-0-6

Note: Some of the content in the quiet guide may
​now be out of date.
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