Eton residents raise money for night time noise report to present to police

Residents in Eton have raised £2,000 towards commissioning a report to help argue they need extra police to deal with night-time noise.

People living there say revellers walking back to Slough from Windsor's pubs were causing problems in Eton.

The town's residents say people knock on doors, ring bells and regularly keep them awake between 23:00 and 04:00.

Data will be collected over three months and shared with Windsor and Maidenhead council and police.

Once the target of £3,600 for the survey is met, organisers say they will appoint experts from a private company to carry out noise surveys every night from 23:00 to 04:00.

Malcolm Leach, who lives in Eton High Street, said the majority of visitors to the town did not cause any problems.

"We do get the odd ones where they are drunk, and they are stupid, and they have fights, and they have arguments," he said.

"If you get a gang together they can cause an enormous amount of noise."

He believes people go out in Windsor and then either walk back to Slough, Cippenham and Chalvey through Eton or cross the bridge to Eton to pick up a taxi, as it is cheaper to take one there than in Windsor town centre.

Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council has said it is interested in seeing the results and will assess if there is anything the council can do once it has the data.