Academic
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Millbrook House
General Resources : Travel, Computing, Weather etc.
Web Site Links
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Lots of available shareware. |
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More shareware. |
| A depository of shareware, distributed by the academic rather than commercial world. |
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Over 100,000 clip art and other images. |
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A handy collection of web images, icons and backgrounds |
| Useful source of animated images for web pages etc. | |
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Lots of good clip art e.g. backgrounds, lines, buttons, titles, icons, and animations are provided with links to many other clip art sites on the web. |
| Colour Chart | Colour chart for web page creation gives the basic 256 colours. |
| An extensive collection of over 14,000 free photographs | |
| Picsearch | Picsearch is a search engine for pictures and images. It's free to use though the pictures found may be copyrighted! |
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| Netskills (TONIC interactive course) | This is an easy-to-understand, structured course, offering step-by-step, practical guidance on major Internet topics, ranging from basic through to advanced. Registration is needed but it is free. |
| Virtual Training : Web Tutorials | A set of internet tutorials aimed at improving internet search skills for a variety of subject areas |
| Web Page Translations | Translate a web page (or other text) into French, Italian, Spanish or Portuguese or convert from these languages (plus Russian) into English. |
| Webguide (BBC) | Guide to a wide variety of web sites arranged in broad subject areas. |
| Webwise (BBC) | Learn to search the web with this BCC online course. |
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| Carry on Gardening | New web site providing advice on how to keep gardening regardless of any physical difficulties |
| Chelsea Flower Show | BBC site about the world famous show. |
| Discovering Annuals | Graham Rice's web site about growing annuals. |
| Eden Project | Information on the project and the spectacular greenhouses (biomes) which are in a china clay pit near St Austell. |
| The Garden House | Claimed by many to be the finest garden in England. The garden is near to Yelverton, on the edge of Dartmoor. |
| Gardening on the BBC | Gardening information and links to BBC gardening programmes. |
| Heligan : The Lost Gardens | Web site about the once lost but now beautifully restored gardens at Heligan, near Mevagissey, Cornwall. |
| Horticulture (BUBL) | Links to a wide range of gardening & horticultural sites. |
| International Plant Names Index | The International Plant Names Index (IPNI) is a database of the names and associated basic bibliographical details of all seed plants. |
| Internet Directory for Botany | Gateway to a wide range of botanical and horticultural resources |
| National Gardens Scheme | Society which organises charity opening of UK gardens, including many in South West England. Click here for Devon Gardens. |
| Royal Botanic Gardens | Information about the world famous gardens at Kew & Wakehurst Place, with lots of information on the plants. |
| The world’s leading horticultural organisation. The sites provides a wealth of information and links to other sites plus a searchable plant finder directory. | |
| Successful Gardening | Web site which aims to bring together the best of British Gardening. |
| Thompson & Morgan | Commercial site selling seeds and plants but a good resource for general information on plant varieties. |
| Thrive | Thrive (formerly horticultural therapy) promotes the use of gardening and horticulture for training, therapy and health. |
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| Useful site for converting currencies to sterling, euros etc. | |
| Enables you to search for UK phone numbers. | |
| The UK body charged with the protection of the historic environment in England. | |
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Home page of the environmental group |
| Home page of the national conservation body. | |
| Provides access to the electoral roll, maps, and other sources for locating people and places. | |
| You can now find any Postcode within the UK, or an address from a postcode | |
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A well organised student page. |
| Service which translates text and web sites into a range of languages. Results are not always 100% accurate! | |
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Homepage of this trade union. |
| Find out what the time is in cities around the world. |
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| BBC Sports News | Provides coverage of all major sports. |
| Cricket (Cricinfo) | Up-to-date information on UK and international cricket. |
| Euro 2004 | Information and results from the European Championships |
| Rugby Union | Scores and information on rugby union across the world. |
| Skysports | Up to date news on all major sports. |
| Wimbledon Tennis | The official site for the tournament. |
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| Information on UK rail services | |
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UK Train travel information and timetables. |
| Details of Virgin train services. Seats can be booked online. | |
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UK Coach travel information and timetables. |
| Road travel updates and route planning information for the UK and Europe from the Automobile Association (AA) | |
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Provides regularly updated UK road travel information plus route planning. | |
| Information on the airport, flights and facilities. | |
| Handy guide to travel and places around the world. | |
| Online version of these popular travel guides covering cities and countries from around the world. | |
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Online guide to travel around the world. | |
| Valuable source for maps and travel directions for home and Europe. | |
| Includes free downloadable maps of the UK. | |
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Provides address searching and street map facilities for the UK, including street maps for Greater London and road maps for the whole of the mainland. |
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Weather information service. Click here for West Country forecast and here for BBC Devon forecast |
| Flood warnings from the environment agency | |
| 5 day forecasts for cities around the world. | |
| Pollen forecasts from the National Pollen Network | |
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Up to date forecasts from the UK Meteorological Office. Click here for Devon and Cornwall and for Exeter 5 Day |
| Weather forecasts for home and abroad. 10 day forecasts provided. Click here for Exeter | |
| Long range forecasts - up to 56 days! | |
| Web site of the World Meteorological Organisation with information and links for weather across the globe. |
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A government department whose mission is to promote women's interests. |
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Large site dealing with womens health. |
| The official, independent, advisory body giving the views of women to the Government | |
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A site with a variety of woman oriented information. |
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tl 09 Aug 2004
