Useful Web sites - just click on |
Description |
www.hertsdirect.org |
Local government services, education & news |
www.google.com |
The Search Engine of choice. |
www.bbc.co.uk |
The BBC site homepage with all it's magazines. |
www.teletext.co.uk |
Teletext on the web - much better than the television version (news/weather/holidays e.t.c.). |
www.freeserve.co.uk |
Freeserve's homepage. You can use Freeserve to connect to the internet without having it as your homepage. Set any site as your homepage by right clicking on your internet explorer icon, choose properties, then general - type in your preferred homepage address. When you connect you will go straight to this page instead. |
www.msn.co.uk |
Better home page than Freeserve? Also, get a free 'hotmail' account through this site - a form of email that can be read on any PC connected to the web. With hotmail you don't need your own PC for an email address! |
www.telegraph.co.uk |
One of the best online newspapers? |
www.wikipedia.org |
The Comprehensive online encyclopedia. |
www.soccernet.com |
Good soccer site - get to your team's home page. |
www.planet-rugby.com |
Comprehensive rugby site. |
www.netdoctor.co.uk |
Online medical news and information. |
www.scoot.com |
Find a business or service in your area with this yellow pages service. |
www.multimap.com |
Maps and street plans for all of the U.K. (lost your A-Z - no problem!) |
www.yell.co.uk |
Yellow pages phonebook online for all areas. |
www.bt.com |
Find a telephone number online. Free and easy unlike directory enquiries! |
www.royalmail.co.uk/paf |
Find postcodes for addresses - or the address for the postcode. Postal costs etc. |
www.thetrainline.co.uk |
Train timetable and tickets. |
www.lastminute.com |
Last minute holiday deals on the web. |
www.amazon.com |
Online book store -advertised everywhere. |
www.bbc.co.uk/schools |
Education 4 to16+ Great for GCSE revision. |
www.jungle.com |
Online books, CD's, videos, software, computers and toys. |
www.tesco.co.uk |
Shopping through the internet delivery to your door. |
www.propertyworld.co.uk |
For buying, selling or letting houses/property. |
www.simply.co.uk |
Computer deals on the web - good range of individual items. |
www.bonusprint.co.uk |
Send your digital photos online to be printed and mailed back to you - a lot less hassle than using your own photoprinter and can be cheaper? |
www.crucial.com |
Computer memory specialists - the cheapest way to speed up an ageing computer. |
www.dixons.co.uk |
Electrical equipment. |
www.microsoft.com |
Microsoft sites latest information and software available. Free downloads of software. Often cut down versions of the full package are available for free. |
www.theaa.co.uk |
The Automobile Association (AA). |
www.gtccar.co.uk |
Find a reasonable price for the type of car you want at this car warehouse. |
www.pcworld.co.uk |
Computing. |
www.ebay.co.uk |
Ebay - buy and sell items on the internet. |
www.sage.com |
Business and accounting software company. |
www.directline.co.uk |
Direct Line. Insurance, mortgages and loans - even more direct through the web. |
www.dictionary.com |
Dictionary and Thesaurus and much more online. |
www.freetranslation.com |
Translate your text into a foreign language or a foreign language to English (French, German, Spanish or Italian e.t.c.). |
www.weprintonit.com |
Printing on T-shirts, mugs and bags for all occasions/promotions- The Magic Touch Shop, St. Albans. AL3 4DA. |