From the back gate at St Anne’s College, in through North Gate, and along North Walk to Lazenbee’s Ground Walk, in the middle of North Walk.
(E8/10) Walking in University Parks
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– I love this soundscape because it takes you away from all the kind of urban noise – all the traffic noise, all the kind of busyness of the city and it’s therefore a lot easier to navigate around, because your focus isn’t divided so much between different sound sources. And just the sense of space as well, because even the wider areas in the central city feel quite close and therefore like people areas. So, just walking away with the traffic noise to your back and the soundscape opening up around you is really lovely.
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Cities are often famous for their visual architecture – just think of the Oxford skyline – but how do they sound? The Oxford Sound Album presents a selection of favourite Oxford city soundscapes chosen by a group of people who rely on sound for spatial information, work with or study music, or both. We hear the friendly, warm tones in Radcliffe Square; the narrow, echoing sounds in Holywell Street; the sounds of open space in University Parks; and the quiet and calm sound in the University...