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: Hampshire farm, early morning atmosphere.
BBC DESCRIPTION: Sheep, flock on Hampshire Downs.
BBC DESCRIPTION: Fawley Oil Refinery, burning off waste gases.
BBC DESCRIPTION: Fawley Oil Refinery, polymerisation plant.
BBC DESCRIPTION: Fawley Oil Refinery, heavy duty compressors.
BBC DESCRIPTION: Fawley Oil Refinery, iso-flow furnace in phenol plant.
BBC DESCRIPTION: Southampton foghorn, two blasts. Period between signals should be 1m00s.
BBC DESCRIPTION: Thirty budgerigars in shed. Rec. Petersfield, Hants, 1986
BBC DESCRIPTION: Atmosphere in a small shop with caged birds. Recorded in a pet shop but suitable for an aviary. Rec. Petersfield, Hants, 1986.
BBC DESCRIPTION: Winchester Cathedral bells ringing.
BBC DESCRIPTION: Football crowd reaction to goal in Second Division match. Recorded during Portsmouth v. Carlisle, 6th May 1985.
BBC DESCRIPTION: Football crowd reaction to near miss during Second Division match. Recorded during Portsmouth v. Carlisle, 6th May 1985.
BBC DESCRIPTION: Football crowd during Second Division match. Recorded during Portsmouth v. Carlisle, 6th May 1985.