Distal Bodies 53.6dBSPL (LAeq)

Woodcote Village Green

Location: Village Green, Woodcote, Oxfordshire, UK

Date: 18th September 2020

Time: 08:57 – 09:12

Weather: Sunny, with a moderate breeze

Temperature: 15oC

Average Sound Level: 53.6dBSPL (LAeq)

Woodcote Village Green

Distal Bodies 48.9dBSPL (LAeq15)

Woodcote Village Green

Location: Village Green, Woodcote, Oxfordshire, UK

Date: 16th September 2020

Time: 08:54 – 09:09

Weather: Sunny, largely clear skies with a gentle breeze

Temperature: 17oC

Average Sound Level: 48.9dBSPL (LAeq15)

Woodcote Village Green

Distal Bodies 40.1dBSPL (LAeq)

Woodcote Village Green

Location: Village Green, Woodcote, Oxfordshire, UK

Date: 25th May 2020

Time: 09:04 – 09:19

Weather: Sunny with a light wind

Temperature: 18oC

Average Sound Level: 40.1dBSPL (LAeq)

Woodcote Village Green

Distal Bodies 49.0dBSPL (LAeq)

Woodcote Village Green

Location: Village Green, Woodcote, Oxfordshire, UK

Date: 21st May 2020

Time: 09:01– 09:16

Weather: Sunny, light cloud with a moderate breeze

Temperature: 18oC

Average Sound Level: 49.0dBSPL (LAeq)

The roads enclosing two sides of the village green are mapped by the friction-sound of rubber, aggregate and asphalt. The cyclic explosions of older diesel engines escape from clapped-out trucks. Loose metal rattles on trailers, vans and a cement mixer lorry. The persistent pulse of a reversing alarm. The distant clatter of weighty building materials tumbling on to concrete, separating, tacking through buildings to my ears, creating a stuttered delay. The low grumbling roar of a vintage motorcycle dominates the soundscape temporarily, other sounds dwarfed by its draw on my attention. Beneath the distinguishable sound streams of synthetic materials moved by oil, lies that hum of movement, faint and indistinct, the omnipresent rumble of commutes, community and commerce from the A4074. It is a sound so familiar and forgettable, that you would mistake it for the tumbling rotation of the earth itself.

Woodcote Village Green