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Graham's General Links Page

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Welcome to my links page! In here I've included a collection of links that I've found to be worthwhile whether or not they relate to other section of my information pages.

I've grouped the links together so it's easier to find the ones you're are interested in. You can use these links to move directly to the sections if you wish.

Following any of the links on this page will take you away from my site, and I can't be held responsible for the content of these sites.

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Tourism

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Tourist Board Sites

Other Tourism/Location Sites

  • LocalPlaces.com - Local listings site being set up by friends of mine. The site aims to list the many different places to visit in any area and is currently collecting nominations from the general public - ie people like you. They will be launching their full listings site soon.
  • London Walks - Group of actors and Blue Badge Guides who offer a stunning selection of guided walks around London. Try one of the pub walks!
  • Meet London's Town Crier - His own site. I think you can hire him as well.
  • Tate gallery - Site focussing on all the locations of the Tate Gallery.
  • The Tower of London - Site operated by Carlton which uses the Shockwave plug-in, but a cut down version is available for those who don't have or want Shockwave.
  • Eastbourne, East Sussex - Guide to the town.
  • This Is Kent and East Sussex - News and events in the two counties.
  • Hammerwood Accommodation Guide - An independant site with some ideas of where to stay. The layout of this site can make it hard to find stuff though.
  • National Rail Enquiries - Get the times of trains in England, Wales and Scotland.
  • Airsafe.com - US based air safety site with stats by airline and plane type.

Mapping/Route Planning Sites

  • Multimap - Get a street plan of anywhere in the UK, and some areas have aerial photographs too.
  • Streetmap - Similar to Multimap but not quite so intuitive. However it sometimes loads quicker than Multimap over a dial-up connection.
  • The RAC Site - The site features a UK journey planner which can e-mail the directions to you and a nice interactive map.

Search Engines

  • All The Web - Search engine that tries for maximum coverage of the web.
  • Altavista (UK) - UK version.
  • Altavista (US) - US version of above.
  • Ask.com - Previously known as Ask Jeeves. Understands questions and searches across other search engines - UK Version.
  • Excite - UK Based site. More of a portal now.
  • Google - Best known search engine based on page popularity or whatever secret algorhythm they're using this week.
  • Lycos - UK based site - also now more of a portal.
  • Mamma - Searches across search engines.
  • Yahoo - Categorised search engine and portal. The personalised My Yahoo is good - with free web-based email, picture storage and other file storage etc.

News & Media

  • The BBC - Extensive UK site with informative news, features and radio pages.
  • The Guardian - UK Newspaper with good news coverage.
  • Euronews - ITN operated European news site (in several languages).

Web Technical

  • Counterguide - Reviews of loads of free and hosted web counters.
  • Statcounter.Com - The web counting service that I use now. Offers a wealth of information about which pages people visit on your sites and how they got there - search queries etc. The free version records data from the last 100 page impressions, but you can pay for longer data storage.
  • TheCounter.Com - Web counter that I used to use but they are no longer free. However the Global Stats are very useful for assessing browser trends etc.
  • A List Apart - Excellent site with articles about new and cutting edge web based techniques and technologies.
  • W3Schools - Extensive learning resource for web developers. Covers all aspects of web technologies - HTML, javascript, CSS, ASP etc. A great primer with plenty of examples.
  • Internet Related Technologies - Articles and FAQs about all aspects of web development. Perhaps a little out of date now.
  • FavIcon.com - Construct an icon for your site to appear in your user's browser favourites listing.

Miscellaneous

  • UK Phone Books Online - This British Telecom site means you don't have to phone directory enquiries anymore.
  • Centrepoint - UK Homeless charity.
  • The Hunger Site - Just by visiting this site and clicking a button you can donate food to people who need it.
  • The Eau Zone - Friends of mine have a diving school and they organise trips in the UK and all over the world.