The professional association for Blue Badge Tourist Guides and Tour Managers in Cornwall, Devon and Somerset

• Local -  Met. Office - South West Region (incl 5 day forecasts)

• Regional & UK -  Met. Office     BBC     MetCheck

• International -  WeatherNet - "the world of weather" 

Miscellaneous -

• Sunrise & Sunset

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- Accidents, Roadworks, Events etc:    West Country     London     National

- Motorway Service Areas : Info & History

- West Country

• Devon & Cornwall Police - Current situation updated every 8 mins

• BBC Traffic & Travel -  Cornwall    Devon    Somerset

• Roadworks - Current & Planned:
  The services previously offered by both Cornwall & Devon County Councils seem no longer to be available - please e-mail us if you find them !
  Meanwhile, for major roads, see the Highways Agency, AA, BBC and RAC under Regional/National below.

- London

• BBC Radio London includes web cam views 

• Metropolitan Police

  • Events Diary for marches & demos
    can be useful for street closures & parking restrictions during big events but is rather selective & excludes the City so is best used in conjunction with TfL's site (see below).

• Transport for London (TfL) Very useful indeed here are the twins: 

  • Traffic Alerts

  • Live Traffic News for Coaches 

Both can be viewed as maps and/or text and they give planned works/disruptions for up to the next 4 weeks but the coach map is much better for moving around town at higher zooms as it works like Google. 

BEWARE - not all roadworks or closures due to crane ops are shown by any means so you can still very easily be caught out . . . but at least you then blame Boris. 

- Regional / National

• AA 'Roadwatch'

• BBC

• Highways Agency - currently has two almost parallel sites:

  • Traffic England - real time info (incl what's on Mway signs)

  • Traffic Info - real time & forecast traffic 

• RAC Traffic News  - select region then sort results by County for best results.

- Motorway Service Areas

• General

• Trivia - good resource for history, old names etc

For a handy A4 list of UK MSA's with contact numbers, operators & fuels available, please email malc[at]beguidedby.me.uk. Sorry, this is available only to qualified Blue Badge Tour Guides

 

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General UK Travel News - 

• BBC  - Trains, ships & planes as well as roads

Travel Information, Timetables & Bookings -

Air          Bus & Coach           Sea             Train & Tube      

Air Services & Airports        

- Airlines

• Air South West

• Ryanair

- Airports

• Exeter

• Newquay

• Plymouth

Buses & Coaches

• First Group - Devon & Cornwall maps, fares & timetables

• Megabus

• National Express Coach Services

• Transport for London - London Buses

Sea - Cruise Liners, Ferries & Ports

- Cruise Liner Operations

• Cruise Community for details of ships & operators

• Destination South West for calendar of calls, suggested itins etc

- Cruise Liner Operators

• Fred Olsen

• Princess   for UK shore excursions choose Europe & wait for refresh

• Royal Caribbean International (RCI) select 'Plan Cruise' for ships, shorex's etc

- Ferry Operators

• Brittany Ferries

- Ports in the West Country

• Falmouth

• Fowey

• Plymouth

Trains - Timetables, Fares & Travel Info

- General / National

• Trainline - search for times & fares for anywhere in UK

• National Rail Enquiries 

  • Live Arrivals & Departures Boards even for stations without one on site ! 

• Transport for London (TfL) Tram, Tube & Underground

- Train Operators serving the West Country

• Bodmin & Wenford 

• First Great Western  Live Arrivals & Departures Boards at W.Country stations

• Megatrain 

• Paignton & Dartmouth

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• London

• Book London Hotels Online

• Book London Restaurants Online
  

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