The top five noisiest areas in Wigan for the last three years have been revealed with hundreds of complaints being made by residents in the borough. The Atherton ward claimed the number one spot for noise complaints over between 2019 and 2022 with 70 in total.
According to the Freedom of Information request submitted by the Manchester Evening News there were 2,013 complaints made between 2019 and 2022 in the borough. The biggest spike of complaints came in the 2020/21 year - where the national lockdowns due to the coronavirus pandemic hit - with 757 in total.
Of the 2,013 complaints, almost half of these came from non-neighbour related noise disturbances such as construction and industrial works.
