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WATERWAYS SOUND MAP: RIVER RODING

River Roding Roding Valley. Location: Under a railway viaduct by the Bancroft rugby club ground, Roding Valley. Description: Water from a pipe splashes onto a concrete ledge before flowing into the Roding, distant traffic, raindrops. Date: 30 December 2011. Duration: 1:00.

River Roding Woodford. Location: On a footbridge running between Roding Valley Park and Chigwell Road, Woodford. Description: Loud constant traffic noise from the south, birdsong, faint trickling of the Roding as it passes below. Date: 30 December 2011. Duration: 1:00.

River Roding Charlie Browns Roundabout. Location: Immediately south of Charlie Brown's roundabout, south Woodford. Description: Loud traffic passing through and by the roundabout, intermittent thumps as vehicles pass over a join in an elevated road surface, faint trickle of the Roding. Date: 30 December 2011. Duration: 1:00.

River Roding Redbridge. Location: Beneath the footbridge off Roding Lane South, near Redbridge. Description: Loud constant traffic on Eastern Avenue and the North Circular, water dribbles from a pipe into the Roding, fait birdsong. Date: 30 December 2011. Duration: 1:00.

River Roding Wanstead Park. Location: Near Rook Island, Wanstead Park. Description: The Roding trickles over its gravel bed, constant traffic noise from the North Circular to the east. Date: 15 September 2011. Duration: 1:00.

River Roding Alders Brook. Location: By the Alders Brook next to the City of London cemetery, Ilford. Description: A train passes westwards along a viaduct, distant traffic, bird calls. Date: 15 September 2011. Duration: 1:00.

River Roding Barking. Location: North of London Road by the Roding Trading Estate, Barking. Description: Constant background traffic, faint birdsong, beeping sound from a lorry reversing. Date: 15 September 2011. Duration: 1:00.

Barking Creek. Location: Town Quay, Barking, overlooking Barking Creek. Description: Saturday morning ambience by Barking Creek with bird calls and traffic. Date: 5 March 2011. Duration: 1:15.

Barking Creek Cuckolds Haven. Location: Cuckold's Haven facing Hand Trough Creek, near Barking, east London. Description: Constant traffic in the distance, a duck quacks, cries of seabirds, faint rushing sound from a weir on Barking Creek. Date: 30 November 2011. Duration: 1:00.

Creekmouth Barking. Location: Creekmouth Open Space, by the Barking Creek flood gate. Description: A strong breeze stirs bullrushes; to the immediate north, sounds of heavy machinery from factories and scrapyards. Date: 4 November 2009. Duration: 1:00.

That concludes the list of recordings for the river Roding.

OTHER WATERWAYS SOUND MAP RIVERS AND CANALS

Rivers Beam and Rom. Beverley Brook. River Brent. Grand Union Canal. River Hogsmill. River Lea. New River. Pymme's Brook. Rivers Quaggy and Pool. River Ravensbourne. Regent's Canal. Silk Stream and Dollis Brook. River Wandle.

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