I regret to say that I am no longer regularly updating this site I hope that parts of it will still be useful, but there will be broken links

General Directories

• European White and Yellow Pages

• 192.com: search for people, businesses and places in the UK: some free databases: others require payment:

• 118118.com: free directory enquiries

• Friends Reunited: trace your old school and college friends

• Infobel : international directory

• Lookup UK

• Locallife: UK local information network

• Nethouseprices: UK House Prices: free information from Land Registry and Registers of Scotland

• Rightmove: properties for sale and to rent

• UK Electoral Roll: there is a small charge to use this service

Business Directories

• AllPages: US Business Directory - Yellow Pages

• CEO email addresses: take it to the top if customer services have let you down:

• Scoot: UK business directory

• ThomWeb :Thomson Directory Online

• Yahoo Local

• Yalwa Business Directory

• YELL: U.K. related information from Yellow Pages

Mail Directories

• Iammoving.com: The UK's free online change of address service.

• MPS: Mailing Preference Service: eliminate unwanted mail: enables any member of the public to have their name deleted from or added to a mailing list.

• Postal Information: rates, codes, stamps, international postal authorities

• Royal Mail: includes Postcode and Address Finder: print your postage online [click on Personal Customers]

Street Directories

• Google Maps

• UK Street Maps: search by street or postcode

• UpMyStreet has been bought by Zoopla and unfortunately is now just a property portal: however, much of the data collected by the site can be found at the Neighbourhood Statistics section of the Office for National Statistics

Telephone Directories and Services

• BT Online Telephone Directory

• BT (British Telecom): services for personal customers

• Facsimile Preference Service: stop unwanted faxes

• Independent Committee for the Supervision of Standards of Telephone Information Service (ICSTIS): an independent watchdog which supervises premium rate telephone information and entertainment services

• International Dialing Codes from BT

• International White and Yellow Pages

• Say No to 0870: offers consumers a cheaper alternative to most 0870 numbers.

• Telephone Preference Service: register for stopping unwanted telephone sales calls

• UKPhonebook: based on BT directory but includes area maps

• Unwanted marketing texts and calls can be reported to Information Commissioner's Office

Recently added sites

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