Noise pollution

Noise pollution#

Last modified: 14 Aug 2025

UK LLC provides annual-average NO₂ and PM₂.₅ exposure data at high spatial resolution which can support health and environmental research.
More information about this dataset is available here.

Common framework for noise assessment methods (CNOSSOS-EU) noise modelling#

Modelled road-transport noise estimates are calculated in accordance to the ‘Common framework for noise assessment methods’ (CNOSSOS-EU) framework, developed by the European Commission (2002/49/EC).

Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) counts and traffic speeds across the UK road-network in 2013 enter the model, along with information relating to the surface roughness of land cover, building heights, wind profiles and average temperatures.

1. Summary#

traffic_noise_england_wales_hh

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Dataset Descriptor Dataset-specific Information
Name of Dataset in TRE PLACE_traffic_noise_england_wales_hh
Citation (APA) University of Leicester, Centre for Environmental Health and Sustainability and City St George's, University of London, Population Health Research Institute. (2025). Place based data: Traffic Noise England Wales Household. UK Longitudinal Linkage Collaboration (UK LLC). https://doi.org/10.71760/ukllc-dataset-00428-01
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Owner University of Leicester and St George's, University of London
Authors Calvin Jephcote (University of Leicester) and John Gulliver (City St George's, University of London)
Temporal Coverage 01/2013 - 12/2013
Geographical Coverage England and Wales
Participant Count 30470
Number of Variables 15
Number of Observations 89103
Key Link https://guidebook.ukllc.ac.uk/docs/linked_geo_data/place_based_intro
Keywords noise,pollution,geospatial,environmental,transport
Latest Extract Date TBC
Specific Restrictions to Data Use None
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traffic_noise_england_wales_pc

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Name of Dataset in TRE PLACE_traffic_noise_england_wales_pc
Citation (APA) University of Leicester, Centre for Environmental Health and Sustainability and City St George's, University of London, Population Health Research Institute. (2025). Place based data: Traffic Noise England Wales Postcode. UK Longitudinal Linkage Collaboration (UK LLC). https://doi.org/10.71760/ukllc-dataset-00429-01
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Owner University of Leicester and St George's, University of London
Authors Calvin Jephcote (University of Leicester) and John Gulliver (City St George's, University of London)
Temporal Coverage 01/2013 - 12/2013
Geographical Coverage England and Wales
Participant Count 24036
Number of Variables 15
Number of Observations 38079
Key Link https://guidebook.ukllc.ac.uk/docs/linked_geo_data/place_based_intro
Keywords noise,pollution,geospatial,environmental,transport
Latest Extract Date TBC
Specific Restrictions to Data Use None
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traffic_noise_england_wales_hh

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Dataset Descriptor Dataset-specific Information
Name of Dataset in TRE PLACE_traffic_noise_england_wales_hh
Citation (APA) University of Leicester, Centre for Environmental Health and Sustainability and City St George's, University of London, Population Health Research Institute. (2025). Place based data: Traffic Noise England Wales Household. UK Longitudinal Linkage Collaboration (UK LLC). https://doi.org/10.71760/ukllc-dataset-00428-01
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Owner University of Leicester and St George's, University of London
Authors Calvin Jephcote (University of Leicester) and John Gulliver (City St George's, University of London)
Temporal Coverage 01/2013 - 12/2013
Geographical Coverage England and Wales
Participant Count 30470
Number of Variables 15
Number of Observations 89103
Key Link https://guidebook.ukllc.ac.uk/docs/linked_geo_data/place_based_intro
Keywords noise,pollution,geospatial,environmental,transport
Latest Extract Date TBC
Specific Restrictions to Data Use None
Build a Data Request https://explore.ukllc.ac.uk/

2. Variables#

traffic_noise_england_wales_pc

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Variable Group Variable Description Source Date range of data
Identifier cohortkey_e individual level id LPS None
Geography address_start_date Address start date LPS None
Geography address_end_date Address end date LPS None
UK LLC avail_from_dt None UK LLC None
Noise laeq16 A-weighted equivalent noise level (Leq) over 16-hour day period (23:00-07:00) City St George's, University of London 2013
Noise lday A-weighted equivalent noise level (Leq) over 12-hour day period (07:00-19:00) City St George's, University of London 2013
Noise lden A-weighted equivalent noise level (Leq) over a whole day with a penalty of +10dB(A) for night and +5dB(A) for evening City St George's, University of London 2013
Noise leve A-weighted equivalent noise level (Leq) over 4-hour evening period (19:00-23:00) City St George's, University of London 2013
Noise lnight A-weighted equivalent noise level (Leq) over 8-hour night period (23:00-07:00) City St George's, University of London 2013
Geography lsoa11_e Lower layer super output area (LSOA) encrypted Office of National Statistics 2011
Geography matchcode Experian match code indicator University of Leicester None
Geography msoa11_e Middle super output area (LSOA) encrypted Office of National Statistics 2011
Geography postcode_e Postcode encrypted LPS None
Geography region UK Region Office of National Statistics 2011
Geography uprn_e Unique Property Reference Number (UPRN) encrypted University of Leicester None

traffic_noise_england_wales_hh

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Variable Group Variable Description Source Date range of data
Identifier cohortkey_e individual level id LPS None
Geography address_start_date Address start date LPS None
Geography address_end_date Address end date LPS None
UK LLC avail_from_dt None UK LLC None
Noise laeq16 A-weighted equivalent noise level (Leq) over 16-hour day period (23:00-07:00) University of Leicester, City St George's, University of London 2013
Noise lday A-weighted equivalent noise level (Leq) over 12-hour day period (07:00-19:00) University of Leicester, City St George's, University of London 2013
Noise lden A-weighted equivalent noise level (Leq) over a whole day with a penalty of +10dB(A) for night and +5dB(A) for evening University of Leicester, City St George's, University of London 2013
Noise leve A-weighted equivalent noise level (Leq) over 4-hour evening period (19:00-23:00) University of Leicester, City St George's, University of London 2013
Noise lnight A-weighted equivalent noise level (Leq) over 8-hour night period (23:00-07:00) University of Leicester, City St George's, University of London 2013
Geography lsoa11_e Lower layer super output area (LSOA) encrypted Office of National Statistics 2011
Geography matchcode Experian match code indicator University of Leicester None
Geography msoa11_e Middle super output area (LSOA) encrypted Office of National Statistics 2011
Geography postcode_e Postcode encrypted LPS None
Geography region UK Region Office of National Statistics 2011
Geography uprn_e Unique Property Reference Number (UPRN) encrypted University of Leicester None

3. Metrics#

TBC

4. Version History#

TBC

5. Documentation#

We are currently building a documentation storage system which will host useful documents related to datasets and data owners. We will surface these documents on Guidebook.

5. Useful Syntax#

Below we will include syntax that may be helpful to other researchers in the UK LLC TRE. For longer scripts, we will include a snippet of the code plus a link to the UK LLC GitHub repository where you can find the full scripts.

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