We are planning a move to be near our daughter and her twins who live in Foxton, half way between Cambridge and Royston. We would like to live in Great Shelford but the chances of buying there are remote and it is a bunfight, everything decent goes instantly. Girton is one of our alternatives and am alerted to some new houses that are being built on and behind the plot of 39 Pepys Way in Girton. So gardens of Weavers Field is behind the development, then beyond Weavers Field is the dreaded A14. Obviously it’s early days and will go look and listen but if anyone in immediate vicinity can comment on noise would be grateful. Realise there will be a hum at minimum but would that be heard indoors? We think it will take 20 mins to Foxton and Girton has a good community plus near to Cambridge with buses available, both important to us as we stumble towards older age!
But noise? Not sure!
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A14 Noise in Girton?
Twinsgranny · 24/02/2020 22:33
Hmmm. I don't know about the noise in that specific area but I would guess there would be noise, and I wouldn't want to be so close to the A14.
You mention bus travel - I say this on all the threads by people relocating to Cambridge 
but it's worth looking at the busway routes, I would move to a village on one of the routes if possible, and preferably south of cambridge to be near Foxton (if you're moving to be near them you might as well be near and not the wrong side of the city).
www.thebusway.info/routes-times.shtml
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