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Sound recordings featuring Hillingdon

Swakeleys Park June. Location: Eastern side of Swakeleys Park near Milton Road, Redbridge. Description: Distant traffic, birdsong, women's voices at first faint then louder as they approach, a cyclist passes, airplane drone, noise from a nearby tennis court. Duration: 2:00. Recorded by: IM Rawes. Recording date: 19 June 2015. Time of day: 2.55pm.

Milton Court UB10 June. Location: West side of Milton Court, Hillingdon. Description: Occasional traffic on Milton Road, more distant traffic, faint birdsong, footsteps of a passerby, a car drives past and turns onto Milton Road, a door slammed in the mid-distance. Duration: 2:00. Recorded by: IM Rawes. Recording date: 19 June 2015. Time of day: 2.45pm.

Glebe Avenue UB10 June. Location: Glebe Avenue near junction with Clovelly Avenue, Hillingdon. Description: A man mows his front lawn opposite, an emergency services siren in the distance, passing traffic, chirps of sparrows, voices and footsteps of two passersby, music heard briefly from a car. Duration: 2:00. Recorded by: IM Rawes. Recording date: 19 June 2015. Time of day: 2.20pm.

Lawrence Drive UB10 June. Location: North part of Lawrence Drive, Hillingdon. Description: Distant traffic, hammering from house renovation work on Lawrence Drive and voices of builders, a distant emergency services siren, the wind stirs ground litter, birdsong. Duration: 2:00. Recorded by: IM Rawes. Recording date: 19 June 2015. Time of day: 2.15pm.

Willowtree Close UB10 July. Location: Ickenham, north-west London. Description: A quiet residential street, tinkling of a windchime, the wind stirs foliage, noise of a vacuum cleaner in a nearby house, scraping noises further away, traffic, a man's voice heard indistinctly. Duration: 2:00. Recorded by: IM Rawes. Recording date: 13 July 2013. Time of day: 11.55am.

Swakeleys Road UB10 July. Location: Walking northwards past the parade of shops on Swakeleys Road, Ickenham, north-west London. Description: Loud traffic passing along Swakeleys Road, voices and footsteps of pedestrians and people sitting outside a pub and a cafe. Duration: 2:00. Recorded by: IM Rawes. Recording date: 13 July 2013. Time of day: 12.15pm.

Swakeleys Park July. Location: Towards the south end of Swakeleys Park, Ickenham, north-west London. Description: The wind stirs foliage, voices of a group of lads walking along a path, bird calls, a man practices golf-putting. Duration: 2:00. Recorded by: IM Rawes. Recording date: 13 July 2013. Time of day: 2.15pm.

Court Road UB10 July. Location: Ickenham, north-west London. Description: Passing traffic, aircraft drone, a woman walks on the opposite side of the road, calls of a woodpigeon. Duration: 2:00. Recorded by: IM Rawes. Recording date: 13 July 2013. Time of day: 2.30pm.

Off Long Lane UB10 July. Location: In a field between Long Lane and Long Lane Farm, Ickenham, north-west London. Description: Aircraft done and distant traffic rumble, calls of woodpigeons, crows and other birds, faint voices of children at play, something disturbs nearby undergrowth. Duration: 2:00. Recorded by: IM Rawes. Recording date: 13 July 2013. Time of day: 2.40pm.

Ickenham tube station July. Location: Ickenham, north-west London. Description: The wind stirs foliage, aircraft drone, voices and footsteps of passengers, faint machine noises including a brief high-pitched whistling, a tube train approaches. Duration: 2:00. Recorded by: IM Rawes. Recording date: 13 July 2013. Time of day: 2.55pm.

TQ 0854 8447. Location: OS grid reference TQ 0854 8447. North-east corner of Lynhurst Crescent recreation ground. Description: Noticeable and constant traffic noise from the A40 to the north, the sound of a small stream nearby rushing through a culvert, voices of children at play in the recreation ground, birdsong, a wood pigeon coos. Duration: 1:00. Recorded by: IM Rawes. Recording date: 27 June 2009. Time of day: 4.45pm.

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