In my area ...

Below are a collection of services that you may find useful in finding out what is happening in your area.

FindMyNearest...™ is the quick and easy way to find a local business.

Their easy-to-use pages let you search and compare detailed information about a specific postcode, city, town, district or region.

Select a listing and UpMyStreet will list your nearest businesses and services. Everything from banks to vets, builders to surveyors, restaurants and much more.

Simply choose the type of service you want, enter your full postcode and click "Go!"

Download a plan for the house you’re buying (only £2).

Find out what land's included, price paid etc.

Interested or involved in neighbourhood regeneration and looking for statistics on topics such as employment or crime?

Or you may want to know more about where you live or work.

Enter a complete postcode to find out which constituency you are in and who your Member of Parliament is.

Enter a town, city, country name, or a UK postcode.

Postcode searches must include all letters and numbers of the first part of the postcode.

Transport Direct offers information for door-to-door travel for both public transport and car journeys around Britain.

The maps area of their site will also allow you to locate public buildings, bus or coach stops, taxi ranks, rail stations and airports in your area using your postcode.

If you do not know your postcode, then try using the Royal Mail's Postcode Finder.

You will need to register on the royal mails website in order to use this service.

Other Useful sites

www.yell.com - Lists of local services searchable by post code.

www.thomsonlocal.com - Enter your postcode and Thomson Local will sort your results by distance.

maps.google.co.uk/local - A new service from the popular search engine. Search by postcode for local services.

www.nhs.uk/england - This site allows you to search by postcode for doctors, dentists, opticians, pharmacists, hospitals, and social care.

www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports - This site does much more than inspect schools. It inspects nurseries, childminders, schools, colleges, teacher training providers, local authorities (LAs) and much more.

www.theaa.com - This site provides route information between 2 postcodes.