Recorded late morning 14/06/2015 on Sandringham Drive by Marcus Leadley 

Cars, Birds and powerlines

Recorded late morning 14/06/2015 on Frogmore Road, Houghton Regis by Marcus Leadley 

Kids, Scooters and pylons

General carnival atmosphere recorded in Houghton Regis on 11th July 2015 by Marcus Leadley using a Zoom H4n

Carnival Atmosphere with Dogs

Carnival atmosphere with voices and police sirens

Water dripping -  drain cover on Sandringham Drive

Traffic on Park Road North roundabout

Work On Site In Chalton

Dogs And Walking

Electricity Box

Walking past school

Sandringham Drive With Starlings and Cars

Conversation

Sandringham Drive with starlings and cars

The sound of a bicycle bell on National Cycle Network Route No 6, which passes through Houghton Regis on a dedicated cycleway - sound proposed by Cllr Brian Spurr, Executive Member for Community Services, Central Bedfordshire Council and recorded by Howard Dobson. 

Bicycle Bell

The unique sound of a glider coming into land; gliders are a regular sight on the local skyline in Dunstable.Sound proposed by Cllr Gloria Martin, Chairman of the Grounds and Environmental Services Committee and Icknield Ward, Dunstable Town Council and recorded by Howard Dobson.

Glider Landing

This is the sound of the tow plane landing at the gliding school in Dunstable. Recorded by Howard Dobson. 

Tow Plane Landing

On this page you can listen to field recordings made by residents in Houghton Regis and Luton living near the new Woodside Link road. 

If you want to submit your own sound visit our website for more details.

The Woodside Link will be the first UK road to have its own anthem - Anthem for the Road will be produced as a collaboration between local residents, visual artist Bettina Furnée and sound artist Marcus Leadley. 

Those living near the route are invited to contribute to the composition by recording their own favourite local sounds, using mobile phones or other devices, before uploading them to a specially published Wufoo web page. 

Selected sounds will become an integral part of a three-minute composition Anthem for the Road and may be used in the context of subsequent site-specific sound installations for Woodside Link public art. 

Visit the webpage for updates and full details.

Woodside Link public art

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