plane noise where to move/not to move in Sussex

clair2001uk

Hey al,  I am looking to move to Sussex possibly Haywards Heath but wanted to avoid anywhere with aircraft noise. With lockdown its not easy to tell if an area is impact, does anyone know what areas are impact and would Haywards Heath be a good choice. Thanks all

coffeehound

You could buy an airways map - this one covers much of the south of England for £20 incl delivery

https://flysussex.com/product/caa-1250000-icao-airmap-chart/?attribute_pa_airmaps-1250000=england-south-1250000

Rowingirl

It depends which Sussex you want to live in - East or West. It also depends the type of place you want to live in (rural village, big town, on the coast), distance from work, schools and other amenities and your budget. I'm assuming you're referring to aircraft noise at Gatwick Airport. If so large sections of Sussex aren't impacted by Gatwick at all, some areas are partially impacted and a few areas are heavily impacted. There are also some small airfields dotted about the place that could be noisy at very local level so you might not want them as your next door neighbours.
I used to live in East Grinstead, which is beneath the Gatwick flight path but aeroplanes were too high to be intrusive. My husband lived in Crawley and the aircraft noise was very noticeable including hearing aeroplanes revving up on the runway! Horley, Smallfield, Copthorne and other nearby villages were similarly affected. I don't know about Haywards Heath but it seemed relatively quiet when I visited it. Conversely places like Hailsham, Eastbourne, Brighton and Portslade aren't affected by Gatwick.

Titus_Wadd

We had a chinook fly over our garden (Worthing) yesterday.

Section62

If you search for "NATS rnav consultation Gatwick" you should start to find (free) plans showing routes and noise predictions for a variety of situations which should in turn give an indication of the areas most likely to be affected by aircraft noise.

However virtually anywhere in the SE corner of England is overflown to some extent and the problem won't be limited to Gatwick, but will also include some departure and arrival routes to London's other airports.

Potentially the key thing to be aware of is the process of moving to precision routeing.  Rather than departures and arrivals being spread out over a large area (to an extent by pilot whim) the precision approach aims to keep flights on a much tighter corridor (it helps to pack in more flights in congested airspace). That means some people who are only occasionally affected may become more affected.  If aircraft noise is a particular problem for you then avoid any area which is or may in future become part of a "P-RNAV" route.

OldMusicGuy

I grew up in Haywards Heath but that was a long time ago, so the fact that aircraft noise wasn't noticeable is probably irrelevant. You might find this of  interest: 
https://www.gatwickairport.com/globalassets/publicationfiles/business_and_community/all_public_publications/aircraft_noise/noise_monitoring_reports/haywards_heath_noise_summary_report_july_2013.pdf

We moved to Lindfield when I was a bit older and that was a really nice place. I went back recently for a school reunion and Lindfield seemed nicer than ever. Probably a bit pricey though......

becky_rtw

Different airport, but we live near Heathrow and are supposedly in the no fly area, however, airlines ignore this frequently and it is often very noisy. Do not rely on maps put out by Airports.

chiff

We live in Burgess Hill, only a few miles from Haywards Heath (and cheaper to buy - there are reasons but we love it here!). Have lived here for 15 years and occasionally have been aware of planes (normally still pretty high and not noisy at all) but it's generally pretty quiet, certainly nothing like Crawley, Horley etc. 

Dark_Star

Have a look at the London to Brighton trainline as that's a quite useful guide to towns around Haywards Heath.
Find Haywards Heath then work back to Brighton. Virtually all the train station towns & surrounding areas should be relatively OK & free of plane noise. 
Anything up the line towards Horley, Gatwick, Crawley would be more noisy. 
Haywards Heath has good train links to London/Brighton but is not overly scenic. Lots of schools if you need them.
Depends if you want scenic or useful.
Bits of Sussex can be rural & peaceful but you have to go miles for larger supermarkets etc.     
I can often get stuck behind (in no particular order) a steam engine/bloke on a pony & trap/horse riders/tractor/lorry with trailer full of straw bales etc.    None of which can be over taken due to nice windy country lanes or if standard road, inability to see round the bend, brow of hill etc. 
We get tractors down the high street of the small town near us. Makes a nice change!

Splatfoot

Titus_Wadd said:

We had a chinook fly over our garden (Worthing) yesterday.

I live (d) in Worthing too. Findon Valley. I used to enjoy seeing the Chinook! 

Titus_Wadd

Splatfoot said:

Titus_Wadd said:

We had a chinook fly over our garden (Worthing) yesterday.

I live (d) in Worthing too. Findon Valley. I used to enjoy seeing the Chinook! 

We live very near FV.