.jpg "Brynmeheryn, Nr Aberystwith, Ceredigion")
Research has shown that the lower threshold for noise to causing sleep disturbance is 45 dB(A). To put that in perspective: a fridge is around 40 dB(A) and a vacuum cleaner around 80 dB(A). So it’s reasonable to assume that slamming taxi doors, shrieking car alarms, aircraft noise and revellers on their way home from the pub might not be entirely conducive to a good night's sleep.
Not surprisingly, we often get buyers searching for peace and quiet in rural areas, far from noisy main roads and motorways. It’s true that the countryside can be pretty noisy, too, with all manner of blood-curdling screams, wails and screeches courtesy of the nocturnal wildlife. As for the dawn chorus in the spring... But when all is still there is nothing like the enveloping, velvety silence of a rural location, especially if it happens to be swaddled in a thick blanket of snow.
The following remote properties practically guarantee a silent night this winter.
.jpg "Soughton House, Sychdyn, Mold")
.jpg "Soughton House, Sychdyn, Mold")
.jpg "Soughton House, Sychdyn, Mold")
.jpg "Skipton Hill Farm, Thirlby, N Yorkshire")
.jpg "Brynmeheryn, Nr Aberystwyth, Ceredigion")
.jpg "Brynmeheryn, Nr Aberystwyth, Ceredigion")
.jpg "Brynmeheryn, Nr Aberystwyth, Ceredigion")
.jpg "Eardington Mill, Bridgnorth, Shropshire")
(1).jpg "Eardington Mill, Bridgnorth, Shropshire")
.jpg "Woodlands Farm, Preston, Lancashire")
.jpg "Woodlands Farm, Preston, Lancashire")
.jpg "Woodlands Farm, Preston, Lancashire")
.jpg "The Manor House, Louth, Lincolnshire")
.jpg "The Manor House, Louth, Lincolnshire")
.jpg "The Manor House, Louth, Lincolnshire")