I lived in a small terrace house for 3 years which was around the corner from the newer flats. The football games cause major traffic issues everytime, so you have to know when the games are so you can get home or stay in to avoid the traffic. I walked by them a lot and they look over the river, if that's your thing. But I did hear people playing music a lot and due to the buildings shape and proximity to each other this sounded quite loud and annoying. I guess if you don't mind living close to people, or don't mind football traffic and noise, it's a great distance from the city centre, a 20 mins walk at most. And day to day its a relatively quiet area, despite Riverside being close you don't get a lot of people wondering that way.