British Cosy Hours

Sounds for
study

Rain, a fire and a slow clock. Free, live and never looping.

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This is a room to read in: light rain, a fire and a slow clock, with a touch of pink noise to even it out. It has no words and no music, it never loops, and you can add low talk from the next room if you work better with people nearby.

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This hour at The Kettle & Rain is not yet sponsored. Put your name over the door.

A background that stays in the background

The trouble with music for work is that it has a tune, and a tune is something to follow. The trouble with silence is every small noise in the house. This mix sits between them: enough going on to cover the house, nothing in it to follow.

The clock ticks once a second. Some people find that a steady tick sets a pace for reading. If it bothers you, take it out.

Make it yours

For a café feeling, add Quiet bar. For deeper cover in a shared room, bring up Brown noise. When you have a mix you like, use Copy link to this mix and keep the link. It opens the page with every slider where you left it.

A thatched cottage with smoke at the chimney, behind a garden full of flowers and vegetables.
Cottage Garden, Helen Allingham, 1894. Public domain.

Questions

Is rain good for studying?

Many people find it is, because it is steady and has no words. Whether it helps you is easy to test: use it for one session and compare.

Can I save my own mix?

Yes. Your last mix is remembered in this browser, and Copy link to this mix gives you a link that opens the page with the same settings anywhere.

Is there a version with music?

Not here. The site is kept to sound alone, so there is never a tune to follow.

The hanging sign of British Cosy Hours: gold lettering on a dark board, a sleeping cat and a robin under the moon.
Next door: Fireplace sounds. The sign of British Cosy Hours

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