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We use the Internet to source information on the many tourist attractions we visit, locate and book accommodation, check locations, prices, travel situations and view images and video. We would like our fellow tourists to benefit from our research and so present our collection of UK tourism website resources here, together with a few comments on their usefulness.

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Page last updated May 2008.

Imperial War Museum [ Imperial War Museum image gallery ]

http://london.iwm.org.uk
Details of the various permanent and temporary galleries in the museum, a particularly good virtual tour of the Large Exhibits Gallery plus museum opening times, special events, what's on, study, and extensive categorised links section to other related resources.

New Forest [ New Forest image gallery ]

www.thenewforest.co.uk
New Forest Tourism site containing plenty of well-constructed and thought out info on the area, the vital details on attractions, activities and latest news. Used by us to research our visit and the accommodation directory provided our cottage. Details of the Green Leaf Tourism Scheme.

www.newforest-online.co.uk
As it says on the site: everything you need to know and find in the New Forest. Some of the images are rather poor quality.

www.newforestnpa.gov.uk
Lots of info about visiting the New Forest National Park, including living in, looking after, learning about, news and planning. But very poorly illustrated.

www.forestry.gov.uk/newforest
Forestry Commission site for the visitor, well illustrated and with many downloadable leaflets and podcasts, including some intended for loading onto your MP3 player to take with you touring.

www.forest-holidays.com
Camping, caravanning and cabin holidays in the UK with nine locations in the New Forest.

www.newforestcider.co.uk
Traditional farmhouse cider in Burley where we visited and brought some.

www.burleyfudge.co.uk
The fudge shop we went to, but surely it's crying out for some photos of the shop and fudge displays!

www.newforestmuseum.org.uk
The New Forest Centre in Lyndhurst with opening times, prices, special events, learning, the library - but little about the displays themselves. Arrggh!

www.hurst-castle.co.uk
Rather basic and sketchy information and little illustration. What a shame.

www.bucklershard.co.uk
Very well planned with plenty of well written information about the village and excellently illustrated too. This is how a tourist website should be done!

www.ottersandowls.co.uk
Another well thought out and informative site containing all the information needed on the wildlife park. Plenty of good pictures of the animals.

www.brockenhurst.gov.uk
A lot of local information for the lovely village we stayed in.

www.thewwwsite.com/walks.htm
An amateur site, but nevertheless a series of six well explained and photographed walks in the New Forest.

Tower Bridge [ Tower Bridge image gallery ]

www.towerbridge.org.uk
Disappointing site, has all the usual visitor information plus the bridge history, but few images and nothing on the engine rooms!!

www.panoramicearth.com/755/London/Tower_Bridge_2007
360° panorama from Tower Bridge.

www.explore-london.co.uk
Searchable panoramic photos of London attractions with maps and information. Odd split frame design makes the site awkward to use though.

Tank Museum [ Tank Museum image gallery ]

www.tankmuseum.org
A bit of a mis-mash really with navigation all over the place, but the info's all there - somewhere. Further let down by some poor imagery and, incredibly considering it's all about tanks, the tank images are really small. However the virtual museum tour is good!

www.militarymodelling.com/news/article.asp?UAN=132&v=1
Many pictures from The Wheatcroft Collection - a large privately owned collection of military vehicles.

www.tiger-tank.com
The history of the Tiger Tank and restoration of Tiger 131. Well illustrated, but poor site navigation.
See also: Historic military vehicles forum Military images forum National Army Museum

Shropshire Holiday 2007 [ Shropshire image gallery ]

www.virtual-shropshire.co.uk
Excellent Shropshire tourist information and leisure guide with brochure downloads. Has an extensive image gallery and an RSS tourism news facility.

www.visitsouthshropshire.co.uk
Good site concentrating on south Shropshire and Ludlow area tourist information. We ordered a brochure from here.

www.shropshiretourism.info
Well illustrated site with plenty of well written info.

www.shropshirewalking.co.uk
Site dedicated to finding your own walking route using an advanced search plus guided walks and walking holidays in Shropshire.

www.nationaltrail.co.uk/OffasDyke/index.asp?PageId=1
Details on planning an Offa's Dyke path walk, with news, a small image gallery and publications available.

www.ironbridge.org.uk
Opening times, tickets, how to find, events, learning experiences plus the Museum's collections and, of course, details and photos of all the attractions.

www.dinewithus.co.uk/craven-arms
Details on the Craven Arms Carvery we visited three times during our break!

www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.16793
Sketchy details and few images of the castle with opening times, prices, location (but no map or GPS) and facilities. Surely English Heritage can do better than this!

www.ludlow.org.uk
A tourist guide to Ludlow with its history, accommodation, food and drink, what's on. Shame about the rather small and often poor imagery.

www.ludlowcastle.com
Plenty of details and images on this site of the castle, we particularly liked the image map that popped up details on the various castle sections. Not perfect, but English Heritage should take note of the sort of information to provide (see above)!

www.shropshirehillsdiscoverycentre.co.uk
Slow to load site giving details on this visitor info centre and Secret Hills exhibition, group visits, activities, the art gallery and adjacent meadows. But why no photos?

www.wllr.org.uk
Well illustrated site of the Welshpool & Llanfair railway with details on how to find, fares, timetable, the route, news, events and driver courses. See also Welshpool narrow gauge and Great little trains of wales.

www.arbortreeday.co.uk
Aston on Clun's annual Arbor day tree dressing festival, the history and report plus photos.

www.lolc.org.uk
Awful site with only sketchy info and no photos of the Land of Lost Content collection itself.

www.shropshire.gov.uk/museums.nsf
Details of Acton Scott working farm with just the one page and one picture. What a pity this attraction hasn't its own website.

www.farmcider.co.uk
Mahorall cider farm, how to find, how it's made and where to buy.

V&A Museum (Kylie Exhibition) & Globe Theatre [ V&M / Globe image gallery ]

www.kylie.com
Lots of stuff surrounding Kylie, her music, albums, latest news, her shop, downloads and, of course, her exhibition. Odd website aesthetics though.

www.kylie.co.uk
Gets straight to the info you seek with no messing, eg latest on the 1st page and good nav. to all the rest. The Kylie WebChart lists and reviews other Kylie sites.

www.kyliesplace.com
Australian site built entirely in Flash. The stuffs all there, but frustrating to use.

www.vam.ac.uk
All the fundamental info plus details on the exhibitions, collections and displays at the V&A museum. Online shop and bookings.

www.southbanklondon.com
About, what's on, travel, etc, and an interactive map to find the key attractions. A handy 'Plan your visit' search facility.

www.urban75.org/london/millennium.html
Excellent e-zine featuring large, well prepared photo sections and creatively well written information, here on the Millennium Bridge. Somewhat narrow pages for modern screens though.

www.shakespeares-globe.org/tourexhibition/theatretours
Information on the theatre tour and exhibition we went on, the main site has the theatre plays timetable, ticket purchase, events, catering and the Globe shop.

Dover Castle [ Dover Castle image gallery ]

www.english-heritage.org.uk/server.php?show=conProperty.182
Castle history, opening times, prices, access, facilities and events. No site plan and not many pictures or encouragement to visit the castle and no mention that photography isn't allowed in the secret tunnels.

www.dover-kent.co.uk/defence/castle_index.htm
Much more information and images than the English Heritage site, but some of the images are of very poor quality. Has a diagram, although small, of the underground tunnels.

www.dover-web.co.uk/dovercastle.asp
Some basic historical info and the vintage images of the castle are interesting.

RAF Museum [ RAF Museum image gallery ]

www.rafmuseum.org.uk/london
Comprehensive info on location, opening times, prices, facilities, upcoming events and good details and images of all the exhibits plus a site plan download. Some pictures inside the exhibition halls would be welcome. The online shop wasn't operational yet.

Monkey World [ Monkey World image gallery ]

www.monkeyworld.org
Plenty of information on the centre, the primates and their care, the staff and ape rescue info by country plus an online shop. Many of the images could do with some enhancement. Sadly, a lot of the site content seems neglected and dated.

Thorpe Park visit [ Thorpe Park image gallery ]

www.thorpepark.co.uk
Ticket prices, opening times, park facilities etc, plus information on many (but not all) of the rides. Some of the information is rather sketchy, eg Thorpe Farm, but some great pictures and video clips of the rides plus guest reviews!

Somerset Holiday 2006 [ Somerset image gallery ]

www.clarksvillage.co.uk
Location, opening times, events, news and jobs. Has a shops map - roll mouse over map and it tells you what the shop is, but it's all a bit small.

www.glastonbury.co.uk
Excellent guide to Glastonbury for visitors with a listing of shops plus local information on attractions, leisure and transport, accommodation, what's on, spirituality and healing.

www.isleofavalon.co.uk
Masses of information about the Glastonbury area, the Tor plus the history, traditions, mysteries and sacred sites of this area of Somerset. The interesting pictorial montage of the areas in the out and about section is well worth visiting. A really fascinating website.

www.fleetairarm.com
Information on all the exhibits (some a bit sketchy), opening times, prices, education visits, news and events. Poor link resources.

www.burnham-on-sea.com/breandown.shtml
Excellent details about the natural history and geology of Brean Down and the history of the fort with a great 360 degree panorama.

www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk
Train times, fares, connections, events etc. The photo gallery has some great shots once you find them, but no images on the main pages. A map of the stations along the line would be useful.
See also Visit Dunster.

www.cheddarcaves.co.uk
Poor site for such a major tourist attraction, c**p site navigation, few images and sketchy details of the areas at Cheddar Gorge. No "how to find us" details or map either!

www.glastonburytor.org.uk
Very comprehensive details of Glastonbury Tor, the myths and legends and some fantastic images including a great panorama view from the top.

www.chalicewell.org.uk
Well thought out site about this place of beauty, peace and healing. The virtual tour contains all the info with some good photos of the gardens.

www.glastonburyabbey.com
How to find the Abbey, prices, news, events, education programmes, etc and, of course, the history of the Abbey plus a great photo gallery.

www.sheppyscider.com
Sheppy's traditional farm cider history, location map, farm tours, the rural life museum and details of all the cider products together with an on-line shop. Good images. Nothing about how cider is made though.
See also Rich's cider site.

www.langport.org.uk
The location, history and amenities of the Somerset town we stayed in plus a business directory which makes no mention of the excellent Indian restaurant in the town we ate in or the pubs we had a drink in!

www.somerset.gov.uk/somerset
Somerset County Council website all about Somerset for the tourist. Rather slow loading pages.

www.somerset.gov.uk/celebratingsomerset/cidermap/home.htm
Search for a Somerset cider producer via this informative site that also contains much information about cider making. Also ukcider.co.uk has a list of Somerset cider producers.

www.somersetbythesea.co.uk
Sedgemoor area Somerset attractions.

www.westcountrywalks.co.uk
Useful site for those looking for organised walking holidays in the West Country.

Roman Sand Sculptures [ Roman Sand Sculptures image gallery ]

www.sandsculpturefestival.com
Well constructed site with not only the details of location, times and prices, but also the background to the Sand Sculptures and how they were created.

Arundel [ Arundel image gallery ]

www.wealddown.co.uk
Weald & Downland Open Air Museum site with a great virtual 360 degree tour of many of the attractions plus all the usual info on opening times, prices, events, etc.

www.arundelcastle.org
The Arundel castle site has plenty of info on the castle and gardens, admission, news, events, travel and archives.

www.wwt.org.uk/visit/arundel
The Arundel Wildfowl & Wetlands Centre site, severe lack of images of the wildlife is very disappointing, the very thing it's all about really!

London [ London image gallery ]

www.coventgardenlife.com
Plenty of info but little in the way of photos of the area! The same is true of other Covent Garden sites we checked.

www.ticketmaster.co.uk
Buy tickets online for West End and UK wide theatre, cinema, concerts, sport and other events.

www.londontrocadero.com
Comprehensive details on all the shops, bars, entertainment and events but no pictures of any of it!

www.carnaby.co.uk
Great site with an explore facility to locate your venue of interest, small image of each shop/bar/restaurant or whatever alongside with the details.

www.tubeplanner.com
Site to help you plan your journey on the London Underground. Finds the nearest station to popular London attractions.

www.royalparks.gov.uk
All about Hyde Park, its history, upcoming events, recreation and sports facilities. Our usual grip applies regarding a lack of pictures to illustrate. Don't these places want to attract visitors then?

Rye and Romney Marsh [ Rye image gallery ]

www.oldemoathouse.co.uk
Full details of the 3 rooms with images and prices, directions, map and details of local towns and attractions and a contact form.

www.rye-tourism.co.uk
Well illustrated site about the town, local events, where to eat. Not much on Rye history though. Excellent accommodation index with price guide, can make enquiry direct from site.

www.ryeheritage.co.uk
Straightforward Rye Heritage Centre site with details on the town model, audio tour, the new penny slot exhibition and Rye Tourist Office for booking accommodation. Links page to other relevant sites.

www.visitrye.co.uk
Rather slow to load official Rye town website. Good info on history, usual eating, accommodation and what to visit.

www.rhdr.org.uk
Excellent, well illustrated site on the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway with details of the locomotives, stations, timetable, educational visits, an on-line shop, in fact everything a visitor could need. Links page has links to many other preserved railway sites. Info pages in French and Dutch too.

www.kentattractions.co.uk
Does what it says on the tin - all about Kent attractions with several ways to locate attractions, the neatest via an image map. Listing and links to Tourist Info Centres links out of date as three we tried were dead links.

www.mermaidinn.com
Uninspiring site for such a respected establishment, just the usual expected details on accommodation, bar, restaurant, conferences and weddings, nothing at all on the history of this historic inn!

Egyptian Sand Sculptures [ Egyptian Sand Sculptures image gallery ]

www.sandsculpturefestival.com
Well constructed site with not only the details of location, times and prices, but also the background to the Sand Sculptures and how they were created.

Longleat visit [ Longleat image gallery ]

www.longleat.co.uk
Excellent site on Longleat, with very comprehensive info on all the various attractions, news, prices, shops, education plus much more and some excellent imagery.

Dorset Holiday 2005 [ Dorset image gallery ]

www.dorsetforyou.com
Dorset council site - usual council stuff, click on great outdoors link for coast and countryside factual info, eg useful list of public rights of way.

www.dorsetattractions.com
Good site with lots of info on many places to visit including links to other websites of the local attractions.

www.visitingdorset.co.uk
Good info on places, accommodation and the area plus a search facility. Unfortunately the site is spoilt by missing page links, poor navigation, grammar and image quality.

www.westdorset.com
Attractions, accommodation, etc but all info rather brief and sketchy.

www.monkeyworld.org
Opening times, prices, the staff, kids section, details of rescued monkeys, images are rather poor unfortunately.

www.swanagerailway.co.uk
Timetable, fares, news, excellent photo galleries, railway history, in fact everything about all aspects of the railway. Terrible navigation though, have to use browser back button all the time!

www.corfecastlemodelvillage.co.uk
Very sketchy info on the model village, gardens and cafe. A good example of how NOT to do a tourist attraction website really!

www.dorset-ramblers.co.uk
Jubilee Trail guide, book and maps, facts about Dorset and links page to other Dorset websites.

www.lymeregistourism.com
Tourist Information, accommodation, events and activities. Good info on area, but excepting events page it's not updated frequently. Disconcerting lack of consistency between pages.

www.swcp.org.uk
Great site with all the info and details on the South West Coastal Path you could possibly need and many photos, spoilt by high compression.

www.jurassiccoast.com
Dorset council site with tons of info dedicated to exploring all areas of Dorset's Jurassic coast.

www.lulworthonline.co.uk
We didn't get to Lulworth Cove as we ran out of week, but see this great site all about the area, with news, where to stay and eat and a good photo album section.

www.imagesofdorset.org.uk
Excellent site by local photographer with1200+ photographs of Dorset. Well indexed from a map or gallery index pages. Search facility plus lots of info and links. We got our Fleet walk from here. Links to tourism and other image sites.

Others sites of interest include:
Corfe Castle Cerne Abbas Giant Hardy's Monument Tutankhamun Exhibition Dinosaur Museum

Dr Who Exhibition [ Dr Who image gallery ]

www.doctorwhoexhibitions.co.uk
Details of other Dr Who exhibitions, prices, pictures from the series, BBC press releases, details on the latest series and links to Dr Who related websites.

www.brightonpier.co.uk
Rather poor site about the Pier, large file flash intro with repeating music and no means of skipping, slow loading flash pages in frames with no images of the pier attractions and only sketchy details.

Scotland Holiday 2004 [ Scotland image gallery ]

www.welcome-scotland.com
Excellent site with all the tourist information you'll ever need to plan a Scottish holiday. Searchable database by category, ie castles and excellent use of Flash for area selection.

www.visitscotland.com
Scotland's National Tourism Board site designed to attract the visitor to Scotland, with info on travel, accommodation, eating out, events and attractions, etc. Site search facility. Written in a rather 'everything is wonderful' way.

www.sailingwild.com (Company now disbanded)
Very informative site on wildlife watching cruises aboard 'Dolphinicity' - sailing from Lossiemouth. Yacht details, how to get there, news, wildlife info, what to wear and local tourist info. Sailingwild commissioned micbinks web development to re-design the site for the 2006 season!

www.wdcs.org
Excellent site from the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society. How to find the Moray Firth Wildlife Centre at Spey Bay and plenty of information about it and the wider work of WDCS.

www.cairngormmountain.com
Lots of details about the Cairm Gorm Mountain with a high quality image gallery and webcam section, but not much on the funicular railway we went on. Spoilt by poor site navigation.

www.loch-ness-scotland.com
The Loch Ness 2000 attraction we went to in Drumnadrochit. The site has plenty of 'aren't we great' drum banging, but doesn't really tell you anything about the exhibition (apart from the technical details) plus there's nothing about the Monster! Messy site layout, some pages not working.

www.highlandslochness.com
Another disappointing site, more of a marketing vehicle. Nothing here about the monster legend, but it does have some useful Highlands tourist info.

www.strathspeyrailway.co.uk
Basic info on the railway, its history, maps to find it, prices, image gallery. Timetable page not working! Odd site frame structure and poor image quality, good use of railway graphics though.

www.visitaviemore.com
An excellent site with all the info you require on Aviemore and the area, accommodation, activities, events, attractions and so on. Excellent image quality, could be more of them to illustrate the area.

www.cawdorcastle.com
Another excellent site with plenty of information on the castle and grounds. Well illustrated with well prepared images.

www.maltwhiskytrail.com
Yet another excellent site, well illustrated with quality images, maps and info on all the distilleries on the trail. Not sure about the lower frame with navigation along the bottom though.

Tower of London [ Tower of London image gallery ]

www.hrp.org.uk/TowerOfLondon
All the info needed such as opening times, prices, history, together with info on all the various areas within such as the Bloody Tower. Some of the pages are rather sparse and there's little by way of illustration.

www.visitlondon.com
Very good site, all the required and expected info to hand and a searchable or browseable directory of some 193,000 attractions, services, facilities, etc within this vibrant and exciting city. See here for other London sites on this page.

Canterbury [ Canterbury image gallery ]

www.canterbury.co.uk
Canterbury city council site with comprehensive information on all you need to know about the city, attractions, accommodation, what's on, travel.

www.canterburytales.org.uk
Details on The Canterbury Tales attraction with location, opening times, group visits, FAQs and more.

www.hillside.co.uk/tour/map.html
Interesting site that takes you on a pictorial tour of the city.

www.canterbury-cathedral.org
All the information you would ever need to know on Canterbury Cathedral.

Eastbourne Museum of Shops [ Museum of Shops image gallery ]

www.sussexmuseums.co.uk/how_we_lived_then.htm
Some basic details about the attraction plus opening times and prices.

www.sussextourism.org.uk
Very sketchy info on the attraction, but useful for the many links to other attractions in the area. More Eastbourne sites here.

www.britishresorts.co.uk
The BRA site giving the lowdown on, er, British Resorts.

Legoland [ Legoland image gallery ]

www.legoland.co.uk
The site gives all the usual info on the park, but only sketchy 'how to get there' details. There was also a problem when the site failed to recognise we already had the Flash 6 plug-in and kept telling us we didn't - on every page - so we didn't venture too far into the site.

Bognor Birdman [ Bognor Birdman image gallery ]

www.birdman.org.uk
Brilliant site with details on this increasingly popular annual event with some excellent pictures and sound clips. Has the event history and background on the competitors too. Font somewhat small and no results table.

www.arun.gov.uk
Typical local authority site with usual 'a place to work/live' links across the top. Contains the Birdman flight results though here.

www.bognor-regis.org
Site with information on the local amenities.

www.bognor-local-history.co.uk
Site produced by a local historian and good if you're interested in Bognor history.

Eastbourne Airbourne [ Airbourne image gallery ]

www.eastbourneairshow.com
Excellent site with information on the annual airshow. Lots of details and pictures about the planes and static displays. See here also.

www.raf.mod.uk/reds
Very informative site with display calendar, team and aircraft details, manoeuvres and history. There's also an image gallery, screensaver and software for Flight Simulator 2002 to fly with the team! No videos though, a missed opportunity here perhaps?

Devon Holiday sites [ Devon image gallery ]

www.somewhere-special.co.uk
Site of South Hams District Council with details of the towns and attractions in the South Hams area (where we stayed) in Devon.

www.goodbeachguide.co.uk
Excellent site dedicated to giving all the information on UK beaches like access, facilities, pollution, beach safety, etc. Searchable.

www.southdevon.org.uk
Where to stay, local events, good info on attractions with links to them, town and village guide, links to sites for travel and weather info.

www.westcountrynow.com
Accommodation, activities, events, walking in the area, eating, very comprehensive site with plenty of ideas.

www.lotstodo.co.uk
Excellent guide to Devon's top attractions with loads of information and website links. Travel, weather, beaches, what's on. The only thing it doesn't cover is accommodation.

www.southdevonrailway.org
Website of the South Devon Railway that we went on that runs from Buckfastleigh to Totnes and connects with river cruises on the River Dart.

www.riverlink.co.uk
Although we didn't get around to a cruise, this site gives all the info you need.

James Bond/Museums/London sites [ Bond & museum image gallery ]

www.sciencemuseum.org.uk
Plenty of information for the potential visitor, times, special events, online exhibitions, research, shop, IMAX® cinema, search facility.

www.nhm.ac.uk
Another excellent museum site with similar information carried to the Science Museum, more visually appealing though and downloadable info in various languages.

www.jamesbond.com
A flash intro that takes a while to load and then comes up with an error. Once you're in, the site seems to be all about the movie Die Another Day and little else. We expected better than this.

www.007.com
Little better unfortunately, sometimes these big budget sites just try to be too clever for their own good. This one sent you to areas and then gave no explanations on how to use - the comms room, for example, seemed to require a name and password, but it didn't even say so!

www.londontouristboard.com
All the information the visitor to London could need with links to the attractions.

www.londontown.com
Tourist info, hotels, box office, travel, eating, business, articles, search facility, excellent site.

www.londontourist.org
The full guidebook text online, rather tortuous to read as it uses full screen width text and little in the way of illustration, but all the info London visitors will ever need is here.

Chessington World of Adventures [ Chessington image gallery ]

www.chessington.co.uk
An excellent site with a good accomplishment of Flash and sound, info, times, prices, eating, thrillometer and online booking discounts.

Eastbourne and Seaford sites [ Eastbourne image gallery ]

www.eastbourne.gov.uk
Very good Eastbourne Borough Council website with many interesting pages full of local information and services, including a great section on the local meteorology service.

www.eastbourneairshow.com
Excellent site with information on the annual airshow. Lots of details and pictures about the planes and static displays.

www.eastbournepier.com
Rather neglected site about Eastbourne Pier. The Birdman details given are of the event last year!

www.seaford.co.uk
Rather basic local site for Seaford with simple information on local walks, places to visit and tourist info. Plain and no images.

Lake District Holiday sites [ Lake District image gallery ]

www.golakes.co.uk
All about the area, accommodation, activities, transport, web cam and a lovely image gallery, lots of information for the visitor here with a helpful search facility.

www.lake-district.gov.uk
Lake District National Parks Authority site, well worth a look, useful search facility to find what you're looking for.

www.thecumbriadirectory.com
Tourist attractions and information, the lakes, mountains, waterfalls, forests etc, search facility for towns and villages, travel news, links page.

www.lakedistrictoutdoors.co.uk
Everything you need to know about enjoying the area, walking, cycling, water sports, transport, weather, safety, books ordering.

www.kendaltown.org
Kendal Town Council site with tourist info, maps, etc. The site is rather too wide and not suited to 800x600 sized displays.

www.kvillageoutletcentre.co.uk
The K Village Outlet shopping centre in Kendal site. The shops, special offers, centre info, tourist info, coach driver info.

www.kendal.mintcake.co.uk
Romney's rather unimaginative but functional (framed) site of its products and history.

www.conistonlaunch.co.uk
The boat service on Coniston Water, details and timetable of sailings, special cruises, lakeshore walks, where to eat, online booking.

www.windermere-lakecruises.co.uk
Cruise information and timetable, the vessels, private charter, news and info on the lakeside towns on the route.

www.lakedistrictwalks.com
John Dawson's Lake District site with over 40 walks plus associated info and hundreds of photos. Nice to see what the area's like when the sun shines! Excellent site for the walker.

www.watermillinn.co.uk
The pub we dined at in Ings, between Kendal and Windermere with accommodation, food and beer details plus an interesting section on South Lakeland story telling. Too wide for 800x600 screens.

Cornwall Holiday sites [ Cornwall image gallery ]

www.cata.co.uk
Lots of information on many attractions in Cornwall. Well illustrated.

www.cornishlight.co.uk
Masses of information on places and towns in Cornwall. Also a good section on walking and hiking.

www.cornwall-calling.co.uk
Another good site on Cornish attractions.

www.cornwall-online.co.uk
Much the same, lots of information and images, plus where to stay locally.

www.chycor.co.uk
Again another great site of Cornwall attractions for visitors.

www.edenproject.com
This is the excellent Eden Project site with all the information about this fascinating attraction near St. Austell, Cornwall. The virtual tour is particularly impressive, available in Java, Flash or QuickTime.

www.lappavalley.co.uk
Lappa Valley narrow gauge steam railway site. Location map and details, attractions and so forth all here.

www.thecornishcyderfarm.co.uk
Cornish Cyder Farm, Newquay, Cornwall. Location, map opening times, on-line shop and details of tours with great dissolving images.

www.fowey.co.uk
Fowey town site, local map, transport, places of interest, walks, beaches, accommodation, events, etc.

www.destination-cornwall.co.uk
Camel Trail site, geared to the cyclist but equally useful for the walker, tons of text to read through.

www.bodminandwenford.co.uk
The Bodmin & Wenford Railway site. Timetable, location, photos, special events, etc. Rather too wide pages even for 1024x768!

http://truro.cornwall.net
City of Truro site, somewhat incomplete but with all the details and history on it and a directory of businesses plus links.

www.theborougharms.com
The Borough Arms site, at Dunmere near Bodmin. Pictures, the menu, opening times.

www.newquay.org.uk
Accommodation, beaches, surfing, the town. Very attractive site but the photos are grossly over-enhanced.

Lewes visit & Sussex sites [ Lewes image gallery ]

www.sussexpast.co.uk
Comprehensive site all about Lewes Castle, admission times and prices, special events, education service download.

www.sussextourism.org.uk
Basic details about Lewes Castle in several languages and many links to other attractions in Sussex.

London Eye & HMS Belfast sites [ London image gallery ]

www.londoneye.com
How to book, how to get to it, the procedure when you arrive, flight times and admission prices and downloadable information pack.

www.iwm.org.uk/belfast
All areas of the ship are explored here with lots of information and pictures, admission prices and so on. Also links to other Imperial War Museum attractions.

Scotland Holiday sites [ Scotland image gallery ]

www.edinburgh.org
Tons of information for the visitor, maps, attractions, events, shopping, eating and accommodation plus corporate facilities.

www.edinburgh-tattoo.co.uk
All the information you need about the famous Tattoo, book tickets and souvenirs on-line, press releases, other Edinburgh attractions.

www.beamish.org.uk
Excellent site that guides you round the museum via an image map, all the details the visitor could wish for here.

Wales Holiday sites [ Wales image gallery ]

www.valleyconnection.co.uk
Directory of Wales, containing everything you need to find out about the area.

www.visitwales.com
Lots of information and ideas here for visitors, attractions and activities, local history.

www.nwt.co.uk
North Wales Tourism site with attractions to visit and accommodation details.

www.northwalesindex.co.uk
Accommodation and an index of local facilities, somewhat out of date unfortunately.

www.star-attractions.co.uk
Very useful site of the attractions of Snowdonia, with an image map to click on those of interest, links to other sites, image gallery.

www.greatlittletrainsofwales.co.uk
For narrow-gauge steam railway buffs.

www.betws-y-coed.co.uk
See what the popular town of Betws-y-Coed in N. Wales has to offer the visitor. Tourist advice, what to do, where to eat and stay. Photo gallery.

www.hightrek.co.uk
Outdoor courses and activity holidays in Snowdonia.

www.snowdonia-adventures.co.uk
Adventure holidays in North Wales.

Beaulieu visit [ Beaulieu image gallery ]

www.beaulieu.co.uk
Visit the Beaulieu website for details of what the museum has to offer, its history and current special exhibitions. Corporate hire details.

Yorkshire Holiday sites [ Yorkshire image gallery ]

www.yorkshirevisitor.com
Official Yorkshire Tourist Board website with all the expected details on the area plus accommodation booking and brochure ordering.

www.mothershiptonscave.com
A rather scary flash intro (scarier still after you click 'enter') welcomes visitors to this excellent, well illustrated site carrying full info on the Mother Shipton legend and The Petrifying Well in Knaresborough.

www.harrogate.gov.uk/immediacy-996
Well thought out local council site giving details on opening times, prices and a glimpse at what you can explore at Knaresborough Castle.

www.nymr.co.uk
All the information needed to enjoy a visit to North Yorkshire Moors Railway. Photo gallery is a little frustrating to use though. Downloadable timetable.

www.dave-ford.co.uk/goathland.htm
Another excellent personal site (just like this one!), but covering only Yorkshire. Good details on Goathland (Aidensfield in the TV series 'Heartbeat'). You'll notice from the fine images that the sun does sometimes shine here!

www.visityork.org
York Tourism site with a useful 'what to do' venue guide. Some pages got chopped in our browser (Firefox 2) and the few images on pages were rather too small for modern screen resolutions.

www.robin-hoods-bay.co.uk
Visitor information on the village, what's on calendar, accommodation and a good photo gallery.

www.nymcam.co.uk/080201.htm
Some excellent images on another personal site along the walking route between Robin Hoods Bay and Ravenscar, plus the background behind the 'town that never was'.

www.nationaltrail.co.uk/clevelandway
Comprehensive details for those planning to walk The Cleveland Way. Has a search facility and some wonderful images. See also North Sea Trail for other walks in N. Yorkshire.

www.yorkdesigneroutlet.com
York McArthur Glen factory outlet site. Has a downloadable store guide, but this should be on the site and where are images of the complex? Some technical issues too - the text was huge in Firefox and pages slow to load in IE despite fast ADSL.

Peak District Holiday sites [ Peak District image gallery ]

www.cressbrook.co.uk
Excellent, well illustrated, easy to navigate Peak District tourist site with tons of info on accommodation, places, attractions, activities, maps, food and drink.

www.visitbuxton.co.uk
All the information you'll ever need about Buxton with plenty of excellent images.

www.bluejohn-cavern.co.uk
Website for the Blue John Cavern. Not a lot of information or images of the attraction and vital info like location/opening times/prices is hidden within the site.

www.corrie.net
Fanzine site, a little haphazard but none-the-less a fun and comprehensive guide to Corrie! See also: www.corrieblog.tv

www.derbyshire-peakdistrict.co.uk/littonwalk.htm
A similar walk to the Litton based walk we did but also taking in some parts of our Monsal Dale walk along the River Wye. Also click the Litton Feature for village details. Some terrific photos.

www.altontowers.com
Part of the Tussauds Group, the Alton Towers website has all the gen and the usual thrilling Flash presentations to excite.

www.peakwalk.org.uk/baslowedges.asp
A walk that takes in the Three Ships and Nelson's Monument landmarks above Baslow. Other Peak District walks too.

www.derbyshireuk.net/monsal_trail.html
Basic info about Monsal Trail walk with some images.

www.snapthepeaks.co.uk
More Peak District walk ideas together with some great images.

www.derbyshire-photographs.co.uk
Would you believe it - Derbyshire photos!

Cottage rental, tourism & leisure sites

www.welcomecottages.com
Many UK, Ireland and European cottages to rent, view them inside and out, check details and location, prices and availability. Search facility and on-line booking. As used by us for our holidays in the Peak District in 1999, Yorkshire 2000, Lake District 2002, Devon 2003, Scotland 2004 Dorset 2005, Somerset 2006 and Shropshire 2007.

www.sts-holidays.com
Lots of holiday cottages in Wales to rent, with pictures inside and out, search utility. Books and maps for sale. As used for our Wales holiday in 2001.

www.gps4touring.com
Accommodations listings with GPS coordinates.

www.picturesofengland.com
Exploring the most beautiful towns, villages and countryside of England with loads and loads of high quality images.

www.information-britain.co.uk
Long established site with a huge amount of information on towns and areas across the UK and places to stay.

www.totaltravel.co.uk
UK travel and visitor guide by UK area with attractions and accommodation directories.

www.enjoyengland.com
Tourism in England. A list of tourist information centres, accommodation, places to visit, events, etc.

www.visitbritain.com
Touring guide to the UK.

www.britainexpress.com
Travel and visitor guide to many UK regions, with a hotel accommodation search.

www.naturalengland.org.uk
Aims to conserve and enhance the natural environment through conservation, leisure, planning and management.

www.english-heritage.org.uk
Protect and promotes England's spectacular historic environment.

www.nationaltrust.org.uk
National Trust owned places to see plus a learning resource.

www.walkingworld.com
Search a database for walks in your chosen area, buy gear on line.

www.walkingbritain.co.uk
Comprehensive walk detail, maps and plenty of images, online ordering of books and maps.

www.britishwalks.org
A walking enthusiasts' website of UK walks.

www.beerintheevening.com
Searchable database of pubs with locations maps, pub facilities and user ratings.

UK Travel & mapping

www.nationalrail.co.uk
National Rail Enquiries, rail information, UK train times and timetables.

www.nationalexpress.com
UK travel by National Express coach throughout the UK and Europe, book online.

www.traveline.org.uk
Impartial information on planning your journey, by bus, coach or train or a combination.

www.tfl.gov.uk
Transport for London - underground (tube, metro), buses, road, river - journey planner, maps, timetables, service status.

www.trafficeye.co.uk
Check out those roadworks on a zoomable map, also aerial views.

www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk
Ordnance Survey - the UK map producer.

www.sewhgpgc.co.uk/os.php
How to understand the British Grid Reference System.

www.multimap.com
Key in a postcode and view a map of the area. Get a grid reference for your GPS Sat Nav receiver. Let multimap work out a route for you, giving estimated driving times too. Aerial and historic photos.

www.gpsinformation.net
Huge information resource on the Global Positioning System - the technology, systems and receivers.
See also our own GRP Sat Nav review.

Other useful sites for UK tourists

www.upmystreet.com
Enter a postcode or town and check out the facilities of the area. Check the type of neighbourhood, crime stats, local authority, etc, etc.

www.met-office.gov.uk
Look at the weather forecast of an area you are going to visit, check weather stats and fascinating weather information. Web cams and satellite imagery.

www.directmobilephones.com/coverage.htm
Check out the expected mobile phone coverage from most UK mobile networks.

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