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Sounds of London

Listen to London, England, United Kingdom through 171 field recordings by 56 recordists, made between 2003 and 2026. The most common subjects are streets & traffic, soundwalks and trains & stations.

171recordings
56recordists
2003–2026years
8,961,989population

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Trip - London Waterloo to Wigmore Hall - Trip from London Waterloo to Wigmore Hall – London
17:01Public Domain Markby richiewarburton@gma...Internet Archive
17:01
Vibrations inside St Saviour's Bridge; a contact microphones hears wind, tides and heavy steps on a stormy day – London
5:51Public Domain Markby Peter CusackInternet Archive
5:51
Parallel worlds: Millennium Bridge deep drone and atmosphere – London
6:05Public Domain Markby Peter CusackInternet Archive
6:05
Venue ambience a few minutes before the 'In the Field' symposium – London
4:01CC BY 3.0by Fritz SchlüterInternet Archive
4:01
London, United Kingdom

All 35 recordings

Spectrogram of Trip - London Waterloo to Wigmore Hall - Trip from London Waterloo to Wigmore Hall

Trip - London Waterloo to Wigmore Hall - Trip from London Waterloo…

London, United Kingdom

17:012016
 Spectrogram of Vibrations inside St Saviour's Bridge; a contact microphones hears wind, tides and heavy steps on a stormy day

Vibrations inside St Saviour's Bridge; a contact microphones hears…

London, United Kingdom

5:512006
 Spectrogram of Parallel worlds: Millennium Bridge deep drone and atmosphere

Parallel worlds: Millennium Bridge deep drone and atmosphere

London, United Kingdom

6:042022
 Spectrogram of Venue ambience a few minutes before the 'In the Field' symposium

Venue ambience a few minutes before the 'In the Field' symposium

London, United Kingdom

4:012013
 Spectrogram of London Bridge Station: Platform Transit

London Bridge Station: Platform Transit

London, United Kingdom

6:542026
 Spectrogram of Extinction Rebellion easter 2019: Crowd reacts to arrests

Extinction Rebellion easter 2019: Crowd reacts to arrests

London, United Kingdom

4:392019
 Spectrogram of Inside the call box vis-à-vis St. Pancras after the 'In the Field' symposium

Inside the call box vis-à-vis St. Pancras after the 'In the Field'…

London, United Kingdom

0:392013
 Spectrogram of River waves and a folk musician

River waves and a folk musician

London, United Kingdom

4:512022
 Spectrogram of Parallel sonic worlds: Birchtrees & Tate Modern riverside

Parallel sonic worlds: Birchtrees & Tate Modern riverside

London, United Kingdom

6:092022
 Spectrogram of North Thames side atmosphere mid tide waves

North Thames side atmosphere mid tide waves

London, United Kingdom

2:392022
 Spectrogram of London's loudest building site from under the Millennium Bridge

London's loudest building site from under the Millennium Bridge

London, United Kingdom

4:192022
 Spectrogram of Searched under Section 44B of the Terrorism Act

Searched under Section 44B of the Terrorism Act

London, United Kingdom

1:502007
 Spectrogram of British Library Cafe - Can We Steal Your Chair?

British Library Cafe - Can We Steal Your Chair?

London, United Kingdom

3:172013
 Spectrogram of Parallel sonic worlds: crossfading from above to below water and back

Parallel sonic worlds: crossfading from above to below water and back

London, United Kingdom

6:302022
 Spectrogram of Christmas in Trafalgar Square 2012-Crashed by a man with a different opinion

Christmas in Trafalgar Square 2012-Crashed by a man with a different…

London, United Kingdom

15:232012
 Spectrogram of Canada Memorial, Green Park

Canada Memorial, Green Park

London, United Kingdom

2:512017
 Spectrogram of Extinction Rebellion easter 2019: police helicopters and gongs

Extinction Rebellion easter 2019: police helicopters and gongs

London, United Kingdom

2:212019
 Spectrogram of This Presidency Will Not Stand

This Presidency Will Not Stand

London, United Kingdom

2017
 Spectrogram of Passeig vespertí pel barri de Soho a Londres

Passeig vespertí pel barri de Soho a Londres

London, United Kingdom

2025
 Spectrogram of Very loud air conditioning under Cannon Street Station

Very loud air conditioning under Cannon Street Station

London, United Kingdom

2:252022
 Spectrogram of Millenium Bridge wires resonating in rain

Millenium Bridge wires resonating in rain

London, United Kingdom

5:102022
 Spectrogram of Walk through air conditioning alley to the river

Walk through air conditioning alley to the river

London, United Kingdom

3:392022
 Spectrogram of Tate Britain - Stairs Featuring David Tremlett

Tate Britain - Stairs Featuring David Tremlett

London, United Kingdom

2:402017
 Spectrogram of Renaud Millet-Lacombe

Renaud Millet-Lacombe

London, United Kingdom

5:232019
 Spectrogram of Walking with Crickets

Walking with Crickets

London, United Kingdom

6:052016
 Spectrogram of Superflex One Two Three Swing

Superflex One Two Three Swing

London, United Kingdom

2:352018
 Spectrogram of Midtunnel under Southwark Bridge, atmosphere, 2 joggers

Midtunnel under Southwark Bridge, atmosphere, 2 joggers

London, United Kingdom

2:382022
 Spectrogram of Binaural Recording, Vauxhall Park

Binaural Recording, Vauxhall Park

London, United Kingdom

2017
 Spectrogram of Postal Museum Train under London

Postal Museum Train under London

London, United Kingdom

2:572026
 Spectrogram of Women's Rights are Human Rights

Women's Rights are Human Rights

London, United Kingdom

2017
 Spectrogram of Creaky train between Waterloo East and London Bridge

Creaky train between Waterloo East and London Bridge

London, United Kingdom

2011
 Spectrogram of Thames Beach Bench

Thames Beach Bench

London, United Kingdom

2023
 Spectrogram of Paddington Station - Paddington Station: Saturday Morning

Paddington Station - Paddington Station: Saturday Morning

London, United Kingdom

11:322026
 Spectrogram of Automatic barriers

Automatic barriers

London, United Kingdom

2:382013
 Spectrogram of Chattering Geese

Chattering Geese

London, United Kingdom

2016

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2011
Millennium Bridge, London, Cables
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2008
Birds Crowing and Cawing
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2012
Neoscenes: Turbine Hall ambience
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Wade house rooftop
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2012
National Art Library, reading room
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Jam on Thames
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Construction Work at Blackfriars Bridge, Leaking Pipe
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2013
Construction Work at Blackfriars Bridge
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2013
Outside Tate Modern, High Tide
jwh.gustafsson@gma...
2012
Outside Tate Modern, Low Tide
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2013
Southwark Cathedral Courtyard
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2013
Tunnel Busking
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2013
EuroStar arrival, main hall ambience
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2013
Skaters and passers-by
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2013
Street vendors distributing the 'Free Standard'
Fritz Schlüter
2013
BINAURAL Big Ben!
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2013
Tate Modern entry hall London UK
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2008
Royal Festival Hall - Foyer
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2014
London, king's road
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2008
Real Food Christmas Market
RorySmith
2014
Borough Market Cathedral Bells
David Rogers
2015
Evening Standard Vendors London Bridge Station
David Rogers
2015
Tate Modern Turbine Hall
Ben Carey
2014
St Paul's Bells
Ben Carey
2014
4 Channel Audio Recording, Millbank Pier
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2016
MillBank, Pimlico
philipmill6@gma...
2016
National Gallery
Sylvia Shale
2016
Thames River Walk 1
Sylvia Shale
2016
London, 2008, NYE fireworks and countdown with Big Ben, invisisci
invisisci@yah...
2009
London, 2006, saxophone busker, invisisci
invisisci@yah...
2009
Tube Oxford Circus
Nicolas Germain
2016
French House
Nicolas Germain
2016
Fontaine
Nicolas Germain
2016
Fontaine 2
Nicolas Germain
2016
National Gallery
Nicolas Germain
2016

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