In 2018, the BBC made freely available for non-commercial use around 16,000 of its sound effects recordings. A few hundred come from known locations around the UK, and most of those have been presented here in a sound map. All recordings © BBC.
BBC DESCRIPTION: Birds and backgrounds: Devon hedgerow, dawn.
BBC DESCRIPTION: Buckfast Abbey, Devon, subdued crowd in abbey, 1982.
BBC DESCRIPTION: Church bells, ringing, ringing stops. St. Mary the Virgin's Church, Brixham, Devon.
BBC DESCRIPTION: Heavy surf and waves. Recorded Slapton Sands, Devon, 1980.
BBC DESCRIPTION: Devon market, 1976.
BBC DESCRIPTION: Plymouth Fire 1941, atmosphere at scene of fire caused by German bombing raid, with flames crackling, masonry falling and activity of fire services.