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: Ferry: Mersey, Liverpool, quayside, arrives, gang planks put out, people board.
BBC DESCRIPTION: Ferry: Mersey, Liverpool, on board, arrives, gang-plank lowered, passengers disembark.
BBC DESCRIPTION: Ferry: Mersey, Liverpool, interior, moving, cabin, occasional voices and activity.
BBC DESCRIPTION: Atmosphere recorded on River Mersey, with occasional hoot from boat,1980. Technical note: for use at low level.
BBC DESCRIPTION: Pilkington Insulation, Merseyside: furnace glass burners.
BBC DESCRIPTION: Liverpool 1 o'clock gun fired, with ships' sirens.
BBC DESCRIPTION: Church bells, ringing, ringing ends. St. Saviour's Church, Oxton, Birkenhead, Merseyside.
BBC DESCRIPTION: Church bells, eight bells ringing. St. Peter's Church, Woolton, Liverpool.