This page is no longer being regularly updated.

I am concentrating my attention on my most popular pages, the ones I hope are the most helpful.

• Aches and Pains

• Ashton Hayes

• British Government and Politics

• Directories

• Libraries of the World and their Catalogues

• News Media

• Senior Sites

• Victoriana

General Sites

• AITO: Association of Independent Tour Operators

• Hello Paris: Paris trip planning service

• Backpacker.com: the website of wilderness travel

• Been There: part of the Guardian travel site

• City Population: statistics on thousands of cities

• Cityvox.com

• Foreign and Commonwealth Office: for travel advice

• The Good Beach Guide: Compiled by The Marine Conservation Society

• Guardian Travel

• Health Advice for Travellers

• Lastminute.com: last minute offers in travel, entertainment, breaks, presents.

• Lonely Planet 

• Michelin: via Michelin

• Rough Guides

• Timeout

• Travlang: with interactive phrasebook

• Tripadvisor: traveller reviews of hotels, holidays and locations

• Walled Towns Friendship Circle

• Webcam Images

Britain

@UK

AboutBritain

Britain's Finest

Britannia: America's gateway to the British isles

British Council 

British Waterways: now Canals and River Trust and Scottish Canals

Castles on the Web

Destinations UK: from Historic UK

Expedia UK

Forestry Commission

Geograph British Isles: project aims to collect a geographically representative photograph for every square kilometre of the British Isles
Go Britain

Knowhere Guide: alternative guide to Britain

Mysterious Britain

National Trust

Just Off Motorway: directory of food, accommodation and services, just off the UK motorways

Ramblers' Association

Sounds Familiar: accents and dialects of the UK

Stately Homes in England, Scotland and Wales

UK at a Glance: facts and figures about the UK

UK Tourist Information

UK for Visitors

UK Landscape Photography

UK Series

Visit Britain

Voices: Listen in to the diverse voices of the British Isles – from Shetland to Penzance

London

Blue Plaques  plaques of famous people and landmarks in London

City of London Churches

Derelict London: abandoned and derelict buildings of London

London Hut: everything London under One Roof

Knowledge of London

London Net

London Transport Web Page: includes information about attractions, markets, pubs.

London Webcam

London Walks

Londonstills.com: images of London

LondonTown.com

PhotoLondon [no longer being updated]

Randomness Guide to London

Tower Hamlets

View London

Virtual London

Visit London: the official website for the London Tourist Board

Walking in London

Week of Walks in London: compiled by the late Ben Haines

 

England

Pictures of England

Blythweb: guide to north-east Suffolk

Bourne: Lincolnshire

Buxton Online

Campaign for the Preservation of Rural England

Cerne Abbas Giant

Cheshire

Chester.com

Chester Ghosts: haunted Chester

Chester Walls [unavailable at latest check]

Cumbria and the Lake District

Cumbria and the Lake District: Golakes

Dorset Page

East of England

Eden Project: the living theatre of plants and people

English Accents and Dialects

English Culture

English Folksong and Dance Society

English Heritage

Enjoy England : Tourist Board for England

Icons of England

Ironbridge Gorge Museum

Lake District National Park

Northwest Tourist Board

Northumbria Tourist Board

The South and Southeast

Suffolk

Suffolk Churches: from Eleanor's Pages

Visit Chester

Visit England's Northwest

Yeovil's Website

 

Scotland

Dynamic Earth Centre: Edinburgh

Edinburgh Festival

Fair Isle

Falkirk

Falkirk Wheel

Gazetteer for Scotland

HiddenGlasgow

Scotch Whisky Heritage Centre

Scottish Outdoor Access Code

Scottish Tourist Board

Undiscovered Scotland

Walk Highlands

Webviews Scotland

Wales

Hay-on-Wye

Visit Wales

Channel Islands

The Channel Islands

Alderney

Herm

Isle of Sark

The Weather

• BBC Weather Centre

• Detailed Short-Term Weather Forecasts for the UK

• The Meteorological Office

Accommodation

I only have personal experience of English Country Cottages,  National Trust Cottages and Suffolk Secrets: and cannot guarantee the quality of other sites.

• Alastair Sawday's Special Places to Stay

• Bed and Breakfast Directory

• Bed and Breakfast Establishments and Holiday Cottages in Britain and Ireland: Stilwells 

• Bed and Breakfast.com: mainly US but some world coverage 

• Breaks with Tradition: includes hotels and inns with character

• Campingmole: camping and caravan sites

• Chester Hotels

• Cottages UK Directory

• Cumbrian Cottages

• Discount Hotels

• Discover Scotland

• English Country Cottages

• FarmStayUK: stay on a farm

• Good Holiday Cottage Guide

• Hostel World: hostels and youth hostels worldwide

• Hostels.com

• The Hotel Guide: international hotel guide

• Hotel Royal Stresa: we enjoy staying in this pleasant family run hotel

• Interhome: holiday houses and apartments in Europe

• The Lakeland Cottage Company

• Lakelovers

• Landmark Trust: stay in an historic building

• National Trust Holidays. Cottages

• Old English Inns

• Premier Cottages Direct

• Roomcheck: book UK accommodation online

• Sally's Lake District Cottages

• Smooth Hound: 1,000's of UK Hotels and Guest Houses many offering exclusive discounts

• Suffolk Secrets: holiday cottages

• Sykes Country Cottages

• Trav.com: adventure and discount travel

• TravelStay: budget rooms

• UK Caravan Parks and Campsites Directory

• The UK Tourist: directory of hotels, guest houses and other accommodation in the UK and Ireland.

• Wales Country Cottages

• Yorkshire Holiday Cottages

• Youth Hostels Association

Events and Activities

• Air Shows in the UK

• Boat Tours: Shearwater Coastal Cruises of the Lleyn Peninsula North Wales

• Cowes Week: one of the most famous yachting events in the world.

• Earth Calendar: a daybook of holidays and celebrations around the world.

• Highland Walks

• Isle of Arran Walks

• Theatre

• National Trails (UK)

• Open Access Website for England

• Ramblers' Association (UK)

• South West Coast Path

• Thames Path

• Things2Do: adventures, tours and activities

• Valley and Low Level Walks in the Lake District

• Visit Woods: find local woods by entering a town or postcode

• Walking in the Peak District

• WhereCanWeGo: Britain's what's on guide.

• Worldwide Festivals and Holidays

Food and Drink

• AA Guide to Pubs and Restaurants

• Airline Meals

• All Day Breakfast

• Beer Mad: real ale directory

• Bettys and Taylors of Harrogate

• Cheshire Farm Ice Cream

• Chester Cheese Shop: great selection of cheeses and regional foods

• Chester Market: food and lots more

• Classic Cafes: London's vintage Formica caffs

• Corks Out: Cheshire wine specialists

• CuisineNet

• Eat Out: restaurant guide

• Eggbaconchipsand beans: cafe tribute blog

• Fancyapint?: the guide to London's pubs

• Fort's 40. Guardian: Guardian food editor, Matthew Fort, picks his 40 favourite budget eateries

• English Wine: includes a list of vineyards

• GoForTea: British afternoon tea

• Joseph Benjamin: restaurant and  delicatessen by Chester City Walls : focusing on fresh, local and seasonal produce

• London Eating

• London Review of Breakfasts

• The real beer page

• Happy Cow: global guide to vegetarian restaurants and health-food shops

• Hardens London Restaurant Guide

• Old Fire Station Chocolate Shop Tarporley Cheshire

• Open Table London Restaurants

• Out Inn Cheshire: guide to pubs

• Passport to the Pub: a guide for foreigners

• Picnic Fayre: Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk

• Pub Explorer

• The Pudding Club

• Recipes

• Square Meal UK

• Taste of Scotland

• Time Out London Restaurant Reviews

• Traditional English Restaurants in London

• UK Restaurant Guide

Holiday Courses

• Eurocentres

• Le Poyenval: Residential French Language Tuition and Holiday Accommodation

Maps and Street Plans

• Google Maps UK

• UK Street Maps

Travel Information

• TThe AA includes route planner, accommodation, restaurants

• BBC Travel News

• Bus and Coach Travel UK

• City Cruises (Thames)

• Channel Tunnel Rail Link

• Cheap Flights: budget fares and contacts for hundreds of holiday destinations 

• Deutsche Bahn: Included are all trains in Germany plus many more in all of Europe. Click on International Guests

• Eurostar

• Flightcatchers: cheap flights to destinations worldwide

• Highway Code: rules of the road in the UK

• London Buses

• London River Transport

• London Transport

• London Underground (Tube)

• The Man in Seat 61: how to travel by train & ship.

• National Express (GoByCoach.com)

• National Rail Enquiries : includes Live Departure Boards

• Paris Journey Planner.

• RAC : includes Route Planner

• Red Planet Travel: International Travel Planner

• The Trainline: train times, book tickets, reserve seats for UK mainline trains

• Transport Direct Info: national, integrated, door-to-door, transport advice website [now discontinued but has some useful links]

• UK Railways on the Net: includes Live Departure Boards

• Virgin Trains

Other Useful Information

• A Church near You: locations and information about Anglican churches

• Adrian Fisher's World Maze Database

• Babygoes2.com: travelling with babies and children

• The DiCammilo Companion to British & Irish Country Houses

• fonetiks : online pronunciation guides to 9 varieties of the English language and 9 other languages

• Gardens

• Metric Conversion Tables

• Museums

• Timezone converter

• Universal Currency Converter 

• The World Clock

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