The strange noise has been heard in a small town near Derby (Picture: Google)
A small Derbyshire town is being plagued by a mystery high-pitched noise so loud a council has been called in to investigate.
The noise can be heard around the clock and some think it might be from a new industrial estate, others think it might be wind turbines.
Ruth Tinkler posted on Spondon Community Group: ‘Does anyone actually know what the high-pitched buzzing noise is? I hear it most mornings. So annoying.’
Tansy Collins said her niece heard the noise and commented: ‘We were walking up and down Merchant Avenue yesterday at about 5pm. My niece was saying she could hear a beeping sound continuously. We couldn’t hear it so thought it must be something pretty high-pitched.’
Andy Beecham also wrote: ‘We hear it intermittently and we’re just off Locko Road. I thought it may be from the wind turbines?’
Environment teams at Derby City Council have been called in to see if they can find the source.
A spokesman said: ‘A post on Spondon Councillors Facebook page reads: ‘We are investigating a noise issue that a few residents have been in touch with…
‘However, we have to date not been able to identify where it is coming from. It is a high-pitched noise that can be heard in the early morning and yesterday it was heard from the majority of the day.
‘Residents who live near the south of Spondon can hear it most and even residents in Borrowash have reported it.
‘It does sound like it could be coming from the commercial park or the Smart Parc. If anyone has any information that could help us, that would be fantastic.’
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Daniel Lifty offered his explanation, saying: ‘Refrigeration from the new energy centre building.’
This is not the first time residents have complained about a strange noise after people living near a new block of luxury flats said they could hear a ‘tinnitus-inducing banshee-like screaming sound’.
Video footage revealed a whirring noise coming from the Shoreline Crescent Development in Folkestone, Kent, which contains 84 new homes.
Locals said the ‘loud’ noise, appears to be being caused by wind blowing through the building’s balcony railings and sounds like a ‘harp crossed with a xylophone’.
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