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 [...]

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.   [...]

Good example here of a local freesheet that went web only some years ago, the Villager in Doncaster: ‘The Villager is a community newspaper which up until February 2003 was delivered free to 20,000 homes in the villages listed above once a month. In 2002 it launched this website offering both printed and electronic versions. [...]

Sean Brady has a great Typepad based site in Formby, Lancashire/Sefton that is rather better than mainstream blogs by elected representatives.  The content really nails what ultralocal or hyperlocal should be about.  I liked a lot this post where Sean uses embedded video to make a point about a dangerous spot for cyclists – the video adds [...]