MOTORBIKES late at night, 'racing driver kids' and people ‘blasting music out' are among the list of complaints in Southampton’s noisiest street.

Thornhill’s Warburton Road has attracted 135 noise complaints in a single year - winning the unwanted crown of being the city's loudest road.

The residential street of terraced houses and tower blocks came out on top, behind Wadhurst Gardens in Weston with 114 complaints.

Warburton Road alone accounts for nearly 18 per cent of the total noise complaints in the top ten worst streets.

READ MORE: Southampton's noisiest streets

People in the street have told of their complaints.

One man, who did not want to be named, said: “You’ve got the pub down the bottom of the road. A lot of people come from down there up the hill to the end of the road.

“You’ve got your young 16 and 17-year-olds who ride motorbikes late at night.

“You’ve got your racing driver kids who come flying up this road all the time.

“You’ve got the music coming from the tower blocks all the time.”

He also said loud music pumps out of Dumbleton Tower with windows left open.

Some people even sit on the grass listening to their music coming out of the building, he added.

"They open their balcony door and blast the music out. The thing is everyone has got to listen to it. This is where the complaints are.

“They play the music and come down and sit on the grass.

“Every summer you get about 12 of them all coming down, beer up, smoke up, music is on from upstairs and the windows are open.

“It’s ridiculous how you have to sit in the garden and listen to that trash music.”

According to the resident, most of the complaints are coming from other people who live in Dumbleton tower and the people in the houses across the road.

“The police don’t come out," he said.

"You don’t even need the council’s noise level because by the time they come out to do that it’s a month later.

“If you have a complaint, the police should come down the road, find the house – and go and fine them - but they won’t do it.”

The police were contacted and asked what they do when they receive noise complaints.

A spokesperson said: “Noise complaints are predominantly dealt with by the city council.”

Southampton City Council did not comment on Warburton Road.

A council spokesperson said: “Due to General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) we cannot comment on individual cases.”

The council website states that it can ‘investigate and deal with’ some types of noise, which ‘meets the definition for statutory nuisance’.

It said: “In order to take action, the noise has to be significant enough to disturb you in your home and interfere with everyday life.

“The noise therefore needs to continue for a long time or happen regularly and be unreasonable.

“The council will not normally investigate noise which is unlikely to be defined as a statutory nuisance.”

Examples of these are listed as fireworks, children playing, traffic – and many others.

Loud music is indeed one of the noise complaints that is considered to be a ‘statutory nuisance’.

The ten noisiest roads in Southampton had a combined total of 756 noise complaints in 2022.

Portswood Road in Portswood with 41 complaints, mainly due to loud music.

Kingsclere Avenue in Weston with 43 complaints, mainly due to shouting.

Lydgate Close in Thornhill with 47 complaints. The main cause of complaints is unclear.

Derby Road in Northam with 57 complaints, mainly due to loud music.

Shirley Road in Shirley with 59 complaints, mainly due to loud music.

Kent Road in Portswood with 68 complaints, mainly due to shouting.

Victoria Road in Woolston with 90 complaints, mainly due to loud music.

International Way in Weston with 102 complaints. The main cause of complaints is unclear.

Wadhurst Gardens in Weston with 114 complaints, mainly due to shouting.

Warburton Road in Thornhill with 135 complaints, mainly due to loud music.

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