What time should noisy outdoor games stop?

[Doodleloomoo]

Just that really. I'm struggling to get my 3yo to sleep due to a very noisy group of children in the street which runs along the bottom of my garden. Full swing running around squealing with water pistols etc.

They're having a great time so I feel very mean considering asking them to quieten down a bit. But they show no sign of calming down and no adults in sight, so- how late is too late for this kind of noise in a residential street?

Is it 11pm. Not sure google noise and council. Think it's later at the weekend..

Oh, it probably is technically allowed until quite late. I'm not a misery waiting to quote the law and council at the first opportunity... But this is a dozen children in a shared carpark area screaming at each other. I wondered if I'd be a completely unreasonable misery for asking them to keep it down at some point, mindful that some parents are probably keeping an eye from a house or two...

hmm, maybe I'll keep schtum for now, dd is looking a bit sleepy. ....

And call the council

I think on a regular basis, they should be quiet(ish) from about 7/7:30pm. If it's a one off though, I'd say 11pm is reasonable.

It wouldn't be unreasonable for you to ask them to keep it down a bit though.

9pm is the latest I reckon

It's not dark, the weather is lovely, the children are having great fun and are safe.

One day in the not too distant future your own DD will be the one having a whale of a time with her friends on a warm summer weekend evening.

This may be harsh, but misery guts.

I would be concerned if this was happening after dark, but not 9am.

I think by 9pm children should not be still tearing around the street, playing football on the green or otherwise creating loud noise. It's only considerate to neighbours who have small children/have to be up early in the morning/are exhausted and hoping to have an early night.

You kids will be that age before you know it. I think you are being a major kill joy.

Oh, and I have lovely memories of playing out on Summer nights. But by 9pm we were at home and having drinking chocolate and maybe being allowed to stay up a bit late to watch showjumping or somesuch on the telly with our parents. Also lovely memories.

9pm mine have to come in, but we have no little ones near us. When next door have their young grandchildren to stay I get mine in even earlier. It's just consideration for others.

An adult voice just called bellowed that they've got ten mins before they need to be in. My feeling is it's a bit inconsiderate to make that kind of noise after say 9, although I wouldnt then expect silence. Just wanted to check thats not wildly unreasonable, thanks.

But as it seems to have an end in sight and dd is finally asleep I won't go round and risk a super-soaking! Ah to be 10 again :-)

For a second I thought this thread was about me DS (9) is having a sleepover for his birthday and has just been tearing around the garden with his 3 friends having a nerf gun fight. We brought them in at 9:15 as they were getting a noisy and didn't want to be inconsiderate. I think 9ish on a weekend is late enough.

Oooh, Was, don't call me a killjoy! I haven't spoiled their fun, in fact I'm a bit jealous of it! I was only considering asking them to stopping screaming quite so loud practically outside dd's window, maybe by 9.30. Nicely. But they seem to be dispersing now so no need.

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Of course you're not a misery guts OP. Some people just have no consideration and try to use the 'killjoy' argument to excuse this.

My son and his best friend slept in the tent in out back garden last night. They weren't too loud because there were only two of them. But I happen to know they were chatting/laughing until gone midnight.

Part of the joys of childhood IMO.

The neighbours could complain. I doubt they would though given the raucous laughter from their garden during grown up evening BBQs or dinner parties.

... It's not always just children who make the noise.

Until it gets dark for these few glorious weeks of warm light evenings.

I never found toddlers really cared about being kept awake when it's hot and light. They didn't want to go to bed either.

I agree, 9pm sounds like a reasonable time. But you will always get the selfish parents........