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Teldir Telephone Directories on the Web, worldwide, categorised by region, in English and other languages (*18 Feb 2008)
Switchboard Complete US phone book and other directories
Yellow.com White Pages multiple lookup on several directories (*20 Sep 2003)
Yahoo People Finder (20 Sep 2003)
FAQ on finding addresses from Internet FAQ Archives (*5 Apr 2004)
International dialling codes
Lookup from BT (*4 Jun 2010)
List from CountryCode (4 Jun 2010)
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BT no longer offer an online directory service
see the online closure notice (opens in new tab) (*19 Jul 2024)
For people in the UK try 192.com; you will need to register (e.g. with your Google ID) to see full details (*19 Jul 2024)
UK Phone Info hosts a list of the previous STD codes (geographic mapping, London 0171/0181 at the top) (*19 Jul 2024)
UK Royal Mail (*19 Jul 2024)
postcode finder (postcodes and addresses) (*19 Jul 2024)
Track and Trace service (*19 Jul 2024)
Send an item online postage, no-account service, don't bother logging in! (*19 Jul 2024)
postage prices (*19 Jul 2024)
size and weight guide for business users (*19 Jul 2024)
delivery options for UK and overseas for business users (*19 Jul 2024)
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World miscellany |
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USA public holidays from the Office of Personnel Management (10 Nov 2008)
Africaserver Africa links and information, main site in het nederlands (*4 Jun 2010)
For news sources see the Press page
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UK Bank Holidays from the UK's DirectGov service (*12 Apr 2018)
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Places and place finders (also see Travel)
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Google Earth. Full feature requires software download (*3 Nov 2006)
MapsOnUs US online maps from Switchboard (3 May 2000)
Mapquest US or basic maps worldwide (*20 Sep 2003)
Paris information se présente mieux en français (*20 Sep 2003)
WebCam Central worldwide directory (30 Sep 2000)
Calculate distances (surface or Great Circle) by Lat/Long, and between major cities (*12 Mar 2004)
or try Distance Calculator (4 Oct 2004 tbc)
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Travellers' World UK tourism & accommodation (*12 Mar 2004)
Google Maps (24 Feb 2010), or
Streetmap (28 May 2001) - searchable atlas of Great Britain, street maps and local information
Ordnance Survey UK (*25 Feb 2000)
UK weather from the Met Office (*6 Jul 2012)
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Business |
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Teldir, noted above, also has Yellow Pages (29 Nov 2005)
Google Local - by search, not by catalogue (29 Nov 2005)
Switchboard's US Yell, with links to YPs in other countries too (*20 Sep 2003
Industry Research Desk, mainly US but some worldwide information (23 Oct 1998)
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UK business numbers from the BT Phonebook service (*25 Aug 2007)
Yell (online UK Yellow Pages) (*8 Dec 2000)
Thomweb Thomson Directories UK (28 Sep 2000)
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