Parks & Gardens UK lists historic parks and gardens and all activities concerned with their promotion, conservation and management. Additional information and new sites are added as information becomes available. Find somewhere lovely to visit near you.

Birdtrack is a wonderful site for birdwatchers. It allows anyone to register when and where they see a particular bird; It confirmed that House martins were late arriving this year everywhere, not just at Webster Towers.

An illustrated family tree of the Greek Gods, with descriptions. Gosh, there are a lot. Created by a designer in his spare time.

Whenever you search for something on Google, it keeps a record. Here you can see what you’ve been up to, and delete it if you want to.

For knitters, crocheters, designers, spinners, weavers and dyers to keep track of their materials, tools, patterns and look to others for ideas and inspiration. Numerous free patterns.

A Daily Cartoon from the New Yorker; bookmark the page and go to it when you need a smile.

The History of District Nursing since 1859 – put together by the Queen’s Nursing Institute Fascinating archive of stories, photos and films, even recipes for invalids

Many don’t realise it, but if you type ‘calculator’ into Google up pops, guess what, a calculator. It’s very powerful; click ‘More info’ (bottom right) for its full capabilities.

The Army has spent a lot of effort on their new website, and it is impressive. Lots of information, videos and news of events. Well worth a browse

Menu Museum: University of Brighton’s website of historic food menus created by two academics with collections of restaurant menus that they felt were under-utilised. You don’t say…

The Bank of England has revamped its website. If you have any interest in either the history or current news about money or the Bank, it’s worth a trawl.

The Charity Commission is testing a new website showing details all charities in England and Wales. Much easier to find out how your favourite charity is getting on.

Find out the price of every property sold recently in any area, taken from Land Registry.

This is a collaboration between Google Arts & Culture and our own English Heritage; explore thousands of locations, rooms, and Estates. Tip: scroll downwards to find things.

The spacecraft Cassini has been travelling our solar system for 20 years and has taken thousands of pictures of many planets and moons; Google has used them to reconstruct these distant worlds in unprecedented detail. Riveting.

Find out what Google knows about you and remind yourself what you’ve been up to. Bit of an eye opener. Allows you to delete your history, too

The Science Museum website has undergone a re-vamp, and the results are excellent. It shows you the latest exhibits and what else is on; there is a great deal of video and animation. Very well worth exploring.

Google’s Father Christmas tracker. On Christmas Eve they will be revealing the technology that powers his sleigh around the world – at last the secret is out. Before then you can explore his village and play games.