There are many urban villages in London, some old, some newer like West Ealing, where there is a good community site run by local residents. West Ealing Neighbours is run by a residents association who aim to stick up for their patch. So like a traditional RA there is a constitution of sorts. As well [...]
Archive for February 22, 2009
Wirksworth – another fine small town web site, forum, magazine
Wirksworth is a Derbyshire town with a good community based magazine style website with a simple discussion forum attached. Wirksworth.net is nicely executed by a local group of volunteers in a not for profit company. The site integrates video from youtube, photos from flickr and a feed from the forum. The forum is a simple [...]
Little Wenlock – hyperlocal site run by the Parish Council
The ‘second highest village in Shropshire’ has a nice combination of a blog and a well executed traditional static site with the majority of content. I like the fact that it is the Parish Council running the site – a far more effective way of communicating about local issues than the traditional parish newsletter. [...]