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Village Web Sites of the Year 2003

UK Villages Online is proud to present monthly Gold awards to the
best small community web sites across UK and Ireland

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Sherington, near Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, has a wonderfully detailed, regularly updated, and easy to use site, especially considering the small size of the village.

Included are a guide to the village, local services and community organisations, plus village news, gossip and diary. A great example of well balanced content with a real community feel.


Lindal and Marton, Lindal-in-Furness, South Cumbria, is a lovely local community website.

Featuring a range of village news, information, history, photos, leisure facilities, and (most importantly) pub guide, this small but well formed site is a shining example of a friendly local community web presence.


Rackenford, Devon, is located on the edge of Exmoor between Tiverton and South Molton. With less that 300 people on its electoral roll it is one of the few small communities left that still supports a primary school, shop / post office, church and two hostelries. The majority of its economy comes from agriculture and tourism.

For such a small village, their web site is very detailed and provides a glimpse into the lives of the local community. Such a friendly outlook must be a real bonus and way to keep in touch for those living outside the immediate village in more rural locations. Well done Rackenford!


Gargunnock, Forth Valley, Central Scotland has a pair of excellent web sites, the official web site at www.gargunnock.com plus John McLaren's village history pages at www.mclarn.freeserve.co.uk

Both sites feature a wealth of local information and photographs to give a real community feel to this picturesque part of Scotland. The main web site is regularly updated with local news and events.


Cookham is a large village of around 4,500 inhabitants located on the river Thames between Maidenhead and Marlow. The Thames Path passes through the village and it is a favourite place for tourists and walkers.

Cookham.com is a non-profit organisation run by local volunteers with funding from local business advertising. Work on this excellent web site began in 1998, with the official launch in 1999.


Wrenbury is a village in north west England, in the County of Cheshire and close to the border with Wales, on the Shropshire Union Canal (Llangollen Branch).

Their aim is to make the site as comprehensive as possible about what is going on in and around Wrenbury. The large lifting bridge where the canal crosses the road is the most notable village landmark, and is believed to be one of only two such bridges in the whole of the UK that are open to road traffic.


West Farleigh, Kent, forms the south bank of the River Medway between Barming and Wateringbury Bridges. This small village is home to about 450 people - it has been said that at lambing time there are about six sheep for every resident!

The village remains traditionally agricultural, has an unspoilt Norman church, a Village green with excellent views and some fine houses including Smiths Hall which has been the setting for several films.
Farleigh is situated 4 miles from the centre of Maidstone, the county town of Kent.


Oaksey Village is near the Wiltshire town of Malmesbury. The aim of the website is to capture and pass on news and information to people in the village and others who have an interest in the village.

Village organisations, clubs and societies have free space and an email address on oaksey.com. Funding of Oaksey.com is by grants from NWDC, Community First, Oaksey Parish Council as well as private contributions. A village information pack provides residents and visitors with information on village facilities.


Pentyrch is in the north western corner of the County of Cardiff in South Wales. Standing on the lower slopes of the Garth, whose summit is a shade over a thousand feet above sea-level.

The village supports a wide range of local organisations, many of them based in the church, chapel, or village hall.  The Pentyrch Hill Race, attracting fell runners from across the country, takes place annually on the last Tuesday of April.


The village consists of Three Parishes, these are Saltfleetby St. Peter's, Saltfleetby All Saints and Saltfleetby St Clements.
 
The aim of this web site is not only to present some of the History of Saltfleetby (or Soloby as it’s known locally), its Churches and Village life in times gone by but also to try to show the village as it is Today.

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