New research has revealed the lengths Brits go to to spy on people next door

One in three Brits admit to curtain twitching – with Cardiff emerging as home to the nation’s NOSIEST neighbours.

New research from Anglian Home Improvements has revealed the lengths Brits go to to spy on people next door, with a third of people admitting to regular curtain twitching, 27 percent saying they turn the television down to listen to arguments, 15 percent peeping over the garden fence to get a better look at their neighbours – and as many as one in ten regularly coming out into the street in their dressing gown, in the style of Last of the Summer Wine’s Nora Batty.

But the survey found those living in the Welsh capital are MOST likely to keep tabs on their neighbours’ movements, with one in ten confessing to being fascinated by their comings and goings.

Other nosey neighbours are likely to reside in Norwich, Nottingham and Liverpool, according to the research findings.

Offering to take neighbours’ kids to school to get all the gossip, inviting themselves over to take a closer look at home improvements, and even peering through letterboxes were other ways Brits like to keep tabs on nearby residents.

However, according to the poll, as many as one in twenty have EVEN gone through a neighbour’s belongings while they were supposed to be feeding their pets or watering their plants.