| * Bing Maps (was Multimap) |
Free online maps - easy to use print function. Search on place names, postcodes,
street names, etc. Please note - requires cookies enabled. |
| * Google Maps |
As above, but works fine without cookies, so better (in my humble opinion) |
| * AskNED |
Dorset Police Service. What you should do, and who you should contact,
with those non emergency issues. For example, nuisence neighbours, email
scams, abandoned cars, etc, etc. |
| * TravelDorset |
County Council site. Find out about all kinds of travel and transport across
the County. Includes road works, and details about bus, train, road, bike,
and pedestrian travel. |
| * Trains from Hinton |
South West Trains run service from Hinton to Waterloo and Weymouth |
| * Trainline |
Trainline is Europe’s leading train and coach app. We work with 270 rail and coach companies to offer our customers travel to thousands of destinations in and across 45 countries in Europe. Our aim is to bring together all rail, coach and other travel services into one simple experience so people can get the best prices . |
| * Bournemouth Airport |
Everything, including routes, flight times,
and links to all the companies flying from
the airport |
| * Ryanair |
Flights to lots of destinations from Bournemouth
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| * EasyJet |
Now with flights from Bournemouth
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| * Getting About |
Lots of useful info, including about buses, community transport schemes,
cycling, cars, taxis. How to apply for blue badges and bus passes - all
kinds of things. Well worth a look. |
| * Bad Weather:Protect yourself and your property |
GoCompare have come up with helpful hints on protecting homes, vehicles,
and pets in extreme weather. |
| * Mileage Calculator |
GoCompare have designed a mileage calculator and guidance to help drivers
find out how many miles they travel each week, month and year |
| * Royal Mail Post Codes |
An easy to use and very useful way to match post codes to addresses.
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| * Dorset Speed Cameras |
Camera locations. Mobile camera sites updated
weekly.
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| * Hampshire Speed Cameras |
Camera locations. Mobile camera sites updated
weekly.
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| * RAC |
Apart from usual RAC info, they have the
best route planner and dynamic map service
there is. Try it and see. |
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| * AA Travel News |
Updated often - check it out before you make
your journey |
| * AA |
The rest of the AA services |
| * AA Route Planner |
Free route planning from the AA |
| * The Highways Agency |
Traffic info, road projects, lots of other
information |
| * Dorset Roadworks |
County Council information, updated regularly |
| * Hampshire Roadworks |
County Council information, updated regularly |
| * Transport Direct |
Great site for helping to plan a journey. I've used it for local buses,
as well as trips further afield. |
| * National Rail Route Planner |
A great help if you are travelling any distance
using different companies. |
| * MOREBUS |
Their services cover the Christchurch/Highcliffe area
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| * Seat61 |
If you want to know about train travel from Britain across Europe this site is a great place to visit |
| * National Express Coaches |
All National Express tickets can now be purchased
at Christchurch Tourist Office - 01202 471780,
or email |
| * Solent Blue Line Buses |
All routes, timetables, etc |
| * Wilts and Dorset |
Highcliffe, Barton, New Milton - bus route map, services |
| * Wightlink Ferries |
Lymington to Yarmouth is our local route. |
| * Brittany Ferries |
Including Poole and Portsmouth to Northern France |
| * Condor Ferries |
Poole and Weymouth to St Malo and the Channel Islands |
| * Hurst Castle Ferries |
In addition to the Hurst Castle ferry, these guys also run cruises to the Needles and Yarmouth |
| * Thompsonfly |
Cheap flights from Bournemouth - not all year round though |
| * Ryanair |
Flights to Dublin, Glasgow, from Bournemouth - again, not all year |
| * Airtime Charters |
Charters to anywhere passengers want to go. Also day trips to France in Summer |
| * Channel Express |
Air charter at Hurn - freight and passengers |
| * FlyBe |
Flights from Southampton, including some
of those planned by Buzz |
| * Eurostar |
Booking, timetables, you name it |
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| Bits and pieces |
| * BBC Dorset |
The BBC site just for Dorset |
| * BBC Radio Solent |
Interesting and useful site |
| * BBC South Today |
Another interesting and useful site |
| * Secure Home |
Full of extremely helpful advice and information about keeping your home and property secure |
| * Pictures of England |
Pictures of England is a super website, with thousands of wonderful photos from all over beautiful England Well worth a regular visit |
| * Our Property |
A useful site if you are buying or selling property. It allows access to official land registry data. Just enter a postcode and see what houses are selling for in that area. Lots more useful function as well |
| * Szigg web directory |
Szigg.net is a comprehensive web directory. Everything from the arts and
recreation, to business and shopping |
| * Recycling Guide |
A really useful site. Advice, hints, tips on how to recycle at home, or in school.
Easy to follow illustrated instructions |
| * Banking Guide |
A useful comparison of UK banking services. What's available from them all, who's hot, and who's not. Plus advice on banking related scams |
| * BMD Certificates |
A team of researchers who will locate UK birth, marriage, or death certificates
for you. No result - no fee |
| * Skylink Weather |
Extremely comprehensive weather reports and forecasts UK and worldwide |
| * Local Translations |
Translate between the common European (and Japanese) languages. Very easy to use.
Excellent if you just want to translate text in common languages - free
of course |
| * Free Translations |
Another one - any language to any other. Includes website translation and
much more |
| * Prompt Online Translations |
And another one. This one has an Internet Explorer addon
- simple to use |
| * Natural England |
Includes all the latest on countryside access
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| * National Lottery |
Play, results, and much more |
| * Euro Millions |
Play, results, and much more |
| * The Met Office |
Local five day forecast |
| * Royal Mail |
Postcode finder, and other services.You need
to register for this, but it's free |
| * Yellow Pages |
Yellow pages online |
| * BT Directory Enquiries |
Directory enquiries online |
| * UK Phonebook |
Really useful - look up both private and
business numbers |
| * InfoSpace Directories |
Worldwide directories. I've looked up numbers
in several countries - it works fine. |
| * Destinations UK |
Comprehensive links to all corners of the UK and Ireland |
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A site showing many villages and small
towns in the UK with their own websites |
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As above |
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As above, but includes Eire. All three of these sites are good in their own way, and we're listed on
all of them |
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An excellent guide to town and village websites across Britain. We're
listed. |
| * My Home Town |
Town and village sites from all over the UK |
| * Inland Revenue |
Deal with all your tax business online |
| * Premium Bond Checker |
Check your bonds. Well over 10,000 prizes claimed by using this site |
| * The Time Now |
See what time it is - anywhere.
(This site is much more accessible for those with sight impairments than
many others.) |
| * City Link Guide |
Guide to many British cities and towns |
| * BBC Gardeners World |
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| * Verbix verbs |
Verbs in 100+ languages |
| * Wordweb |
Free dictionary and thesaurus - right on
your desktop |
| * One Look Dictionary Search |
Free dictionary search. It searches 922 dictionaries
- amazing tool |
| * Visual Thesaurus |
I love this web based thesaurus. Just watching
it is fun |
| * Idioms |
All those idioms explained , including their
source |
| * Currency Calculator |
From any currency to any other - includes
Euros |
| * Mailing Preference Service |
Moved to Services page. Get rid of junk mail - online. Related
sites to stop unwanted sales phone calls,
and faxes. |
| * Lottery Grants |
Application details and forms (or phone 0845
600 2040) |
| * Watch That Page |
Watches your favourite web pages and informs you
by email of any changes. Nothing to install,
completely free. Register and sit back. |
| * Ref Desk |
Help on just about any subject. Includes
an Ask the experts section |
| * Absolute Trivia |
A collection of useless knowledge and quizzes.
It will lead to many others |
| * Bored.com |
A huge collection of funny, interesting,
crazy stuff |
| * Caravan Site Finder |
. |
| * SteamWeb |
A collection of steam engine photos, mostly at Hinton/Walkford (on the Steamweb website) |
| * Dorset Ramblers Assoc |
Find out about the Ramblers Association Groups in Dorset, RA led walks
you can try, and other information about walking in Dorset |
| * Long Distance Walkers Association |
Site for the Dorset Group from the Long Distance Walkers Association. Social walks
14+ miles, and challenge walks (some suitable for runners) 25+ miles |
| * Up My Street |
An interesting collection of info about
your postcode or town. Try it |
| * Song Lyrics |
Get the lyrics and mp3 files for over 240,000
songs, from over 3000 artists |
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| Computer stuff - just a taste of techie sites,
and search engines. There are hundreds more |
| * Skype |
Absolutely brilliant! Free telephone calls through
your computer, to anywhere in the world.
You need Broadband to have it work properly |
| * File To Mail |
Another very handy email tool. Select a file in a
folder, type in the mail address, and just
the file is sent |
| * PDF Speedup |
This really speeds up those painful Acrobat Reader
startup times |
| * Global spellchecker |
Use MS Word spellcheck function from any
application at all |
| * SearchTurtle |
A little different this one - nice though |
| * Ask Jeeves |
An old favourite |
| * All The Web |
Another good one |
| * Computer Consultant |
Free advice on all computer issues |
| * Karbo's Guide |
Illustrated guide to pc hardware |
| * Modems |
A great site if you have modem questions
or problems |
| * Nightvision |
Control the gamma channels/settings, refresh rates, etc. ideal for those that need to preserve dark adeptation (eg astronomers) |
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| Computer stuff - just a taste of free download
sites, and other fun stuff. There are hundreds |
| * Freeware BB |
No nonsense, no popups, just a nice simple freeware download site. Registration
required for extra security and peace of mind. |
| * Jumbo |
Free programs of all kinds |
| * Nonags |
As above |
| * Download |
As above |
| * FetchFido |
Amazing UK games site. All types for all ages -includes Java, Flash, Shockwave - you name it. Brilliant! |
| * Free Online Games |
Lots of gaming related information as well as the games. |
| * Egg2 |
Another really good UK games site. Again all types for all ages. |
| * Funmail |
Send fun emails, with music, cartoons |
| * PhotoCartoonist |
More fun emails, plus lots more besides |
| * Hugs and Kisses |
Yet more email fun |
| * Funology |
Fun for kids from 1 - 101 |
| * Free Games Net |
Free games, and lots more besides. |
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