Websites ONLINE All the local websites that matter, and a few that don't ... Avon & Somerset Police www.avonandsomerset.police.uk Local crime news, advice on staying safe, and loads of security camera footage of people the police would like to interview. Anyone you know? Bristol Airport
www.bristolairport.co.uk Bristol Online
www.bristol-online.com Plain vanilla portal to loads of local websites Bristol Directory
www.bristoldirectory.com Local information and a bit of news organised by postcodes. Bath.co.uk
www.bath.co.uk Good all-round local site for Bathonians and visitors alike, with news, what's on stuff, history, kids corner, etc. Bristol Plus Bath
www.bristolplusbath.co.uk Another local directory site. BBC Bristol
www.bbc.co.uk/bristol E Ûxcellent magazine site for the Bristol area, with news, features, interviews and occasional quirky bits. Most useful of all are the 'jamcams', a bunch of webcams that are pointed at the local traffic-jam hotspots, so you can see what the roads are like before you set off. Clifton Online
www.cliftononline.net Local businesses, events, history, information, local jobs and classified ads on this lively local site. Digital Bristol
www.digitalbristol.org Excellent and, in its time, groundbreaking local site that aims to create local digital communities. Links to all manner of local sites, as well as hosting sites for voluntary and community groups. Boasts weekly charts of the most popular sites in Bristol. First Bus
www.firstgroup.com/ukbus/southwest/somerset/home/index.php Local pages of everyone's favourite grasping bus company, with details of timetables, fares and everything. Visit Bath & Visit Bristol
www.visitbath.co.uk & www.visitbristol.co.uk Official tourist websites with loads of useful info on places to visit, big local events, hotels, etc.
Academic Bath Spa University College
www.bathspa.ac.uk City of Bath College
www.citybathcoll.ac.uk City of Bristol College
www.cityofbristol.ac.uk Filton College
www.filton.ac.uk University of Bath
www.bath.ac.uk University of Bristol
www.bris.ac.uk University of the West of England
www.uwe.ac.uk
Local Authorities Boring local council sites? Oh yeah; your council has loads of useful information on services, people, jobs and other stuff about living round here. Bath & North East Somerset Council
www.bathnes.gov.uk Bristol City Council
www.bristol-city.gov.uk Navigation is a bit user-hostile, but the quantity and quality of content makes it one of the best local authority sites in the UK. è South Gloucestershire Council
www.southglos.gov.uk North Somerset Council
www.n-somerset.gov.uk
Get to Know the Place Better Bristol History
www.bristolhistory.com If you find your way past the photos of Old Bristol on sale, there are also loads of historical tales and stories and a very good links section. Bristol Pictorial Tours
www.about-bristol.co.uk Find out all about your new home with this superb series of illustrated tours around Bristol - pictures, text, history and anecdotes. Jezza's Guide to Bristol
www.hotwells.freeserve.co.uk Personal site of local actor, writer and all-round character, with loads of interesting and quirky stuff on local history, local arts and the city's harbour and more.
Arts & Entertainment Pretty much every entertainment venue these days has its own site. These are just a few of the more worthwhile ones. Arnolfini
www.arnolfini.co.uk The Bristol venue and gallery at the cutting edge of visual and performance arts. Bristol Museums Service
www.bristol-city.gov.uk/museums Bristol's municipal museums - the City Museum & Art Gallery, Georgian House, Blaise Castle House, Red Lodge and the Bristol Records Office. All free to get into, and all rather wonderful. Bristol Old Vic
www.bristol-old-vic.co.uk Colston Hall
www.bristol-city.gov.uk/colstonhall Bristol's council-run concert hall. Cube Microplex
www.cubecinema.com Bristol's brilliant little independent cinema/arts centre. Folk Around Bristol
www.folkaroundbristol.co.uk Dead useful site for anyone interested in traditional music and dance, with events diary, news, links, contacts, etc. Redsquare
redsquare.me.uk Local music magazine site St George's
www.stgeorgesbristol.co. êuk Lovely acoustic music venue in a former Clifton church Theatre Royal Bath
www.theatreroyal.org.uk Watershed
www.watershed.co.uk Bristol's media centre and leading independent cinema.
Sport Bath City FC
www.bathcityfc.com Bath Rugby Club
www.bathrugby.com Bristol City FC Official Site
www.bcfc.co.uk The In-Cider
www.theincider.com Unofficial City site. Bristol Rovers FC Official Site
www.bristolrovers.co.uk Gasheads
www.gasheads.com Unofficial Rovers' site Bristol Shoguns
www.bristolrugby.co.uk That'll be Bristol Rugby Club, then. Gloucestershire County Cricket Club
www.glosccc.co.uk
Politics Conservative Party
www.bristolconservatives.com
www.bathconservatives.com Green Party
www.bristolgreenparty.org.uk Labour Party
www.bristollabourparty.org.uk Liberal Democrats
www.bristolwest-libdems.org.uk
www.donfoster.co.uk (Bath LibDem MP)
Campaigning Bath Stop the War Coalition
www.bathstopwar.org.uk There's also a Bristol group who don't have a site at the time of writing. Bristol Civic Society
www.digitalbristol.org/members/civsoc Campaigning for a better Bristol. Bristol Cycling Campaign
www.bristolcyclingcampaign.org.uk Long-established Bristol group trying to rescue the city from the tyranny of cars, plus a good way of meeting other cyclists. Bristol Defend the Asylum Seekers Campaign
www.asylumbristol.org.uk Bristol Friends of the Earth
www.bristolfoe.org.uk Bristol North-South Forum
www.digitalbristol.org/members/nsf Local group campaigning for world development, human rights and the environment. I-Contact Video Network
www.videonetwork.org Independent radical film-makers' network. New members always welcome. Transform
www.transform-drugs.org.uk The Bristol-based campaign for effective drug policy.
Just a Few Reasons Why West is Best At-Bristol
www.at-bristol.org.uk Flashy science exploratory, wildlife and nature exhibition centre, plus IMAX cinema, down on the docks. Bristol Community Festival (Ashton Court)
www.ashtoncourtfestival.com Bristol International Balloon Fiesta
www.bristolfiesta.co.uk Huge annual event. Bristol Zoo
www.bristolzoo.org.uk Circomedia
www.circomedia.com Bristol's world-leading school of contemporary circus.
Electric December
www.electricdecember.org Bristol's digital advent calendar. Something marvellous every day in the run-up to Christmas. Envolve
www.envolve.co.uk Bath environment centre. Life Cycle
www.lifecycleuk.org.uk Local charity encouraging people to take up cycling. The Forest of Avon
www.forestofavon.org.uk Organises the planting and promoting of trees locally. Site has details of some nice country walks. Matthew
www.matthew.co.uk Official site of the reconstruction of John Cabot's ship. Roman Baths
www.romanbaths.co.uk Bath's world-famous Roman ruins. SS Great Britain
www.ss-great-britain.com IK Brunel's great ship, now resting in Bristol's docks. Sustrans
www.sustrans.org.uk Bristol-based charity behind the National Cycle Network. The Wildlife Trust
www.wildlifetrust.org.uk/avon Covering the former county of Avon.
For a Laugh Aardman Animations
www.aardman.com The people who brought you Wallace and Gromit, 'Chicken Run' and loads else ar °e based in Bristol. A Bristol Taxi Driver
www.taxidriver.fsnet.co.uk Wonderful, funny site, written by a local taxi driver. He has a lot of unkind things to say about Bristol City Council. Subvertise
www.subvertise.org Locally-based archive of words and images from around the world, taking the piss out of consumerism and advertising. Some of it's very funny. That Be Bristle
www.thatbebristle.co.uk Marvellous local satirical site, run by Harry Stoke and Vinny Green (not their real names). It's now defunct, but the archive is still there and it's the best introduction you could hope for to Bristol humour and the Bristolian language.
Eat! Drink! Bath Pubs
www.bathpubs.co.uk Nice photographic guide to Bath pubs. Drinking Out West
www.drinkingoutwest.co.uk Your essential local drinking guide, from Venue Publishing (us). Eating Out West
www.eatingoutwest.co.uk Also brought to you by Venue Publishing.
News This is Bath & This is Bristol
www.thisisbath.com & www.thisisbristol.com Best online sources for local news, as most of the content comes from the Bath Chronicle and Bristol Evening Post respectively. Loads of useful other stuff, including house and job ads. Western Daily Press
www.westpress.co.uk Best source of south west regional news, including the occasional rural quirky story. Bristol Indymedia
www.bristol.indymedia.org Your local Indymedia site, where anyone can post news and views on local matters, though in practice it's used by activists. Often degenerates into infantile/hilarious trolling, but there are occasional interesting bits. ITV West
www.itvregions.com/West Local ITV station, with a bit of news and some local current affairs stuff.
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