Hi all,
just breaking my long-time fascinated lurk to mention the probably obvious.=
Living in Oxfordshire it's hellishly noisy but, further to Tom's point abo=
ut distance from roads, don't forget that hillsides and quarries can shield=
you from the worst of road noise at least. I've found quite a few woodland=
s in the early morning facing away from roads which are remarkably quiet.
A while ago I looked at the CPRE's national tranquillity map:
http://www.cpre.org.uk/campaigns/landscape/tranquillity/national-and-region=
al-tranquillity-maps
a lovely idea but you'd have to overlay them on an OS map and even then the=
y're fairly obvious.
Good luck!
Alun Ward
www.alunward.co.uk
--- In BRIAN HARRISON <brian.harrison777@=
...> wrote:
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> Good morning Eilam and Tom and to all,
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> I totally agree with Tom. I live about a mile from the New Forest which h=
as the same problem as Tom with aircraft, power station, oil refinery and t=
he solent with masses of water craft large and small.
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> The best places for me is Scotland where you can get right away from huma=
n noise. The scottish mainland but especially the islands off the west coas=
t. It sometimes rain and sometimes very windy but at least they are sounds =
of the natural world. I know it is further to travel but the rewards are wo=
rth it.
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> --- On Thu, 3/6/10, Tom Williams <> wrote:
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> From: Tom Williams <>
> Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] Quiet locations in the UK (no traffic)
> To:
> Date: Thursday, 3 June, 2010, 0:05
>
>
> Hi Eilam,
>
> As a former resident of the Jurassic Coast, now living just across the Ex=
e
> Estuary in Dawlish, the problem with the area is that it lies under a maj=
or
> air route along the south coast, so from about 6am onwards you get a
> constant procession of flights passing overhead.
>
> The furthest spot from a road anywhere in England is indeed somewhere in
> Northumberland (Kielder Forest I believe). The second is supposedly
> somewhere on north-west Dartmoor around High Willhays.
>
> Sadly there isn't really anywhere in England where you have any guarantee=
of
> freedom from man-made noise. Overflying aircraft or mechanised agricultur=
e
> can disrupt even the most remote parts of the countryside, and many of ou=
r
> more remote areas are given over to military training, which isn't usuall=
y a
> quiet business. The best advice I can give is to use Google Maps to track
> down a spot which is a reasonable distance from an A or B road (I use 2km=
as
> a starting point) and then visit early in the morning when there shouldn'=
t
> be too much traffic on the smaller roads - you might get lucky.
>
> All the best,
>
> Tom
>
>
>
> On 2 June 2010 22:59, Eilam Hoffman <> wrote:
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> >
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I was wondering if anyone knows of quiet locations (no traffic pollutio=
n)in
> > the UK preferably near London or Cambridge.
> >
> > I will be bringing my own props to record so I'm not actually looking t=
o
> > record anything in the environment. The quietest place I know is the
> > Jurassic coast but that's a bit too far to travel every time I need to
> > record outdoors.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Eilam
> >
> >=A0
> >
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