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Hot UK sites:
MENUmaster 
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MENUmaster has 100,000 places to eat in and eat out. If you are looking for a restaurant, pub restaurant, takeaway, bar, coffee house or café, this is the place to go.
HOTELmaster
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HOTELmaster lists 35,000 places to stay. Every Hotel, B&B, self catering establishment, farm, cottage, timeshare, hostel, caravan or camp site.
PUBmaster
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PUBSmaster is the largest and best guide to places to enjoy a beer or a glass of wine. With most pubs and wine bars providing food, you can select a suitable establishment for eating and drinking out.
Steetmap.co.uk
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Excellent street and road maps covering the whole of mainland Britain.
Get Mapping - The first complete, full-colour, digital, aerial photographic map of the UK. Zoom in to your own street address using state-of-the-art technology. The Queen has invested lots of her own cash in this project, so it must be good!
ZDNet Unmetered Access Guide- A definitive guide to who is offering free internet access in the UK and what the deals are.
Radio Caroline-
Radio Caroline lives on ... this time on the web.
Surgery Door -
The best UK health site, boasting more than 5,000 pages and a detailed guide to every ailment you can think of.
Net Doctor -
Quick, clear and comprehensive. Health professionals can also access research archives and libraries for free through this site.
Sports.com - This new web site provides extensive sports coverage for the UK and Europe: Football, rugby, cricket, golf, tennis, motorsport, snow sports. It's one of the fastest growing sites with over 30 million page-views per month.
Lottery.co.uk- A attractive looking site where you can catch up on all the latest lottery numbers, news and stats. Plus merchandise and random number generator.
Peoples Poll- Voice your opinion with dozens of online polls.
This Is Money- Find the cheapest credit card, and other personal finance goodies.
Y-Bag- Reverse auctions - suppliers compete to provide you with the cheapest price.
Egg.co.uk- A bank with the strange name of Egg has launched the first internet credit card with a low interest rate and online discounts. It's proving very popular with 30,000 new sign ups each day.
British Shopping- This site is a real gem! Fast and direct links to over 1,000 British shops.
WiseCat's Start UK- This is my new UK portal site - with all the important UK links and gateways crammed into one page...new sites added weekly.
This Morning- Richard and Judy now have their own website. On the first day, they received 60,000 visits. Not bad for a website, but then it helps if you have your own national TV show to promote it!
Internet:
BT Internet - BT Internet subscribers can now access the Internet free of call charge every weekend.
WebWise-
The BBC's guide for internet newbies, has plenty of useful advice.
SearchUK- Large UK search engine with 90% coverage of all UK domains.
Dr Dave’s UK Pages- A very comprehensive guide to the UK. Thousands of useful links.
UK Max- Excellent UK search engine and directory.
UK Plus- Excellent UK website directory.
AOL.CO.UK- Lots of great UK content and links.
2b- 2b is a UK portal site with news, weather, Business Directory, Maps and More.
FreeServe- FreeServe is the UK's first fully featured free Internet service.
Reference:
BT Telephone Directory - BT have put their UK phone directory online, and it's FREE! Just type in a surname, initial, location or business name and then press enter. If the number's there you get the address as well.
Scoot ! - This UK search engine enables you to find a business in any area.
UK Street Map- Street Maps for the Greater London area and general maps for any village or town in the UK.
UK National Lottery- This unofficial site by Richard Lloyd is much better and quicker than the official one. Check your numbers here - immediate updates, news, statistics.
Travel:
A2bTravel.com - Britain's most comprehensive online travel resource. In A2bTravel.com you'll find all you need to know about travelling into, around, and out of the UK. Plan your journey and book your tickets here.
RAC Digital Services - Live traffic news, hotel finder, route planner & European motoring advice.
Expedia UK- Travel magazine, online bookings, timetables, exchange rates, maps and much more.
Last Minute- Cut-price and late booking holidays for all over the world.
Railtrack: Passenger Information- Throw out your railway timetable and visit this essential site instead.
British Airways- Search for flight times, find the
cost, then make your booking online. Other useful information too. A mass of
information on Britain's national airline. Includes an on-line timetable, details of holiday
packages and special offers. You can even find out which film will be playing on your
flight.
TV, Radio:
UK TV Guide - Complete TV guide for all UK channels. Includes links to more information about particular programmes.
Toaster TV Listings- Listings for all UK terrestrial, satellite and cable channels.
BBC Online- Home page of the massive BBC website, with links to News, Programmes, Education etc.
ITN Online- Trevor MacDonald and co make it to the net with a nice looking news site, with photos, audio and video clips.
ITV Online- The website of Channel 3 in the UK
Channel 4- Beautifully designed Website of UK TV channel - Content is excellent.
Channel 5- Fun guide to Channel 5 TV.
Sky Online- Sky Online News, sport and and programme listings from the satellite TV station. Plus info on their new digital TV service.
Talk Radio UK- Official Website
Capital FM RealAudio Feed- London radio station on the Internet.
UK Radio Stations- Nice set of links to all UK radio stations. Includes audio feeds.
Beeb.com- This is where Aunty BBC lets her hair down: A fun site with humour, music, TV listings and chat rooms where you can talk to the stars.
Shopping:
Amazon UK - The Internet's most famous bookstore has now opened in the UK. Save up to 40% on books here.
Auction Universe-
UK-specific auction site which makes it fun and easy to buy and sell goods online.
The Book People- Online UK bookshop offering a wide range of popular books, featuring latest bestselling titles from all the popular authors.
Book Pages- Book Pages sell all British books in print to customers worldwide. Search their 1.2 million title database.
Boots the Chemist
eBay UK- UK version of the famous American auction site.
Sainsbury's- There's a lot of useful content here: For example healthy eating ideas and a large searchable database of over 1500 recipes!
Saxons Bargain Books- Saxons are offering quality books for just £1. Worth checking out, as there are some great bargains to be had here.
The Magazine Shop- The UK's number one site for Magazine Subscriptions. As in your local newsagent's you can browse though our selection of magazines, many of which include sample articles from the latest editions.
Post Office Counter
Shoppers Universe- Over 40,000 products you can order online from Great Universal Stores.
The TESCO Website- Now you can do all your shopping from home! - Customers can browse more than 20,000 products while 'off-line' and then connect to the Internet to send orders.
First Direct- PC Banking is here! Now you can view your account, carry out transactions and print out statements at any time - from the comfort of your own home.
UK Shopping City- One of the best shopping sites. Order online.
Value Direct- Over 3,500 electrical products you can order online.
Waterstones Online Bookshop- Browse the bookshelves then order.
Zoom UK- This UK portal offers online shopping from some of the top High Street stores. Zoom also offers a free ISP service.
News:
Electronic Telegraph - The Telegraph was the first UK newspaper to go on-line.
Online Mirror- Colourful website of the Daily Mirror. This now includes "DomeWatch" - a live WebCam picture of the Millennium Tower under construction.
Scottish Daily Record - Sunday Mail- From Scotland - The interactive daily-updated edition of the Daily Record and Sunday Mail-includes a good section on the net.
NewsNow- NewsNow brings up to the minute UK and international headlines to your desktop.
News stories are automatically gathered from leading news sources, and updated every
five minutes.
This is London- Great new website from the London Evening Standard featuring the latest breaking news, sport, travel, lifestyle and more.
BBC Weather Forecast- As well as the weather
forecast this site also offers interesting articles about the weather and forecasting.
Jobs:
CareerZone-UK - One of the better UK job sites. Offers career advice and a useful gateway to other job sites.
Employment Service- This site offers useful guidance and advice to employers and jobseekers, and also displays the latest vacancies.
Misc:
GENUKI - UK Genealogy Database - The genealogical information service for the UK and Ireland, containing a large structured tree of information.
Internet Property Finder- Lots of estate agents and hundreds of UK properties in this seachable database.
Find A Property- Thousands of UK properties on offer from hundreds of estate agents.
British Telecom- Information on the ever increasing number of BT services.
Win Win Win WWW Competitions- Dedicated to UK online competitions.
Secret Kingdom- Fascinating facts about MI5, GCHQ, the SAS and other secret organisations.
FINDDirectory of UK financial services, lists all UK financial sites.
The British Monarchy - Official Website- This web site comes from Buckingham Palace and is loaded with facts and photos of the Royal Family, their castles and palaces, The Royal Collection and more.
Royal Insight- This monthly guide to the life and work of Britain's Royal Family offers a more showbizzy approach than their other official site.
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