| News :: | |
| BBC News | Increasingly more mainstream news |
| The Times | Reassuringly middle left reporting |
| NCE | Civil Engineering News - subscribe to the webshot |
| Gamespy | Games related news - subscribe to the webshot |
| Weather :: | |
| BBC Weather | Easy access format |
| The Met Office | Proven to be more accurate than above |
| Mapping :: | |
| Live Search Maps | Birds eye views make this site useful |
| Google Maps | Probably more up to date aerial photography |
| Ordnance Survey | Best scale mapping |
| Promap | Best place for accurate paid for mapping |
| Maptasm | Useful application of OS Data in a Google Maps format |
| Technology :: | |
| The Register | The Sun for IT people ! Great fun, subscribe ! |
| Toms Hardware | A little bit of geeky IT trickery |
| Imaging Resource | Excellent site for camera reviews |
| Scan | Great place for cheap PC equipment |
| Insight | Better range than scan, but more expensive |
| Play | My current favourite for DVD's |
| Forums :: | |
| SABRE | UK Roads based forum |
| Sheffield Forum | Sheffield based forum, mostly full of idiots these days |
| UK Business Forum | UK Business related forum - taxes, laws, ideas |
| Information :: | |
| Wikipedia | The grand daddy of all mis-information |
| Babel Fish | Excellent quick and dirty translation tool |
| Roads Related :: | |
| SABRE Wiki | Covering classified roads and roads information |
| Motorway Archive | Construction history of the motorway network |
| Pathetic | Detailed history on existing and never built routes |
| CBRD | Excellent site covering many aspects of roads |
| Technical Roads :: | |
| TSRGD 2002 | Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions |
| TSM | Traffic Signs Manual |
| Working Drawings | Working Drawings for Traffic Signs |
| TAL's | Traffic Advisory Leaflets |
| Circular Roads | Old but still current advice and guidence |
| LTN's | Local Transport Notes, more current than CR's |
| DMRB | Design Manual for Roads and Bridges |
| MCHW | Manual of Contract Documents for Highway Works |
| IAN's | Interim Advice Notes |
| Maintenance | Idiots guide to highway maintenance |
| Civils Projects :: | |
| Central Railway | £5Bn railway scheme to transfer freight from roads |
| Crossrail | £12Bn railway scheme under London |
| High Speed 2 | DfT Plan for a 150-200mph Railway network |
| Architecture :: | |