Friends and useful links
Discover Alone helps you see what is around you and move from one place to the next. The people and sites here have linked to the map or answered us about sharing their own local knowledge. Follow their work when a place catches your eye.
Where the map appears
Discover Alone on data.gov.ie
Rickie's public showcase shows how national monument and architectural heritage records become places you can find on the nearby map.
Scottish Local History Forum
The Forum's directory lists Discover Alone's Scottish historic places map as a resource for finding places to explore.
Citizen Data
Citizen Data includes Discover Alone among its Irish geospatial projects, with a link straight to the map.
OpenStreetMap Wiki
The community-edited Ireland page includes Discover Alone among places to explore with map data.
Local groups and collections to explore
Ancient Clans
Find a Donegal place on the map, then follow Ancient Clans for more of its local story. Their Donegal collection includes Carndonagh Cross, Cloncha Church and Grianán of Aileach.
Northants History Network
A gateway to Northamptonshire's history, with a county timeline, local groups, events and a handy collection of archives and research links. Start with the map, then follow their local knowledge.
Spratton Local History Society
Village stories, old photographs and family history from people who care about Spratton. Their useful links page also points to our nearby Spratton map.
Friends of the Flitch Way
This walking charity shares local paths, history and wildlife. Its useful links page points walkers to our nearby Rayne map.
Dawlish Local History Group
Find a recorded place on our Dawlish map, then go to the people who know its story. The group's own maps, gazetteer and heritage trails bring the local detail that a map pin cannot.
Cambridge Archaeology Field Group
Explore the recorded places around Wimpole on our map, then follow the group's fieldwalking and excavation reports for the local research behind the landscape.
Carnegie Heritage Centre
Hull's local history centre on Anlaby Road is gathering the people, places and events where Hull was first in the country or the world. Spot a Hull name on our map, then follow their Hull Firsts trail.
Local History Hub
Local History Hub brings schools, families and local groups together around the history on their doorstep, starting with its Blackburn Hub. Find a place nearby on our map, then go to the Hub for the people who know it.
Wandsworth Historical Society
The society behind the Wandsworth Historian journal, with useful links to plaques and local maps. Find a plaque on our map, then read the local story with them.
Greater Corsham Churches Walking Group
A friendly local walking group with its own walking ideas around Corsham. Pick a walk with them, then see what old places you pass on the way.
Chiswick Quay
The riverside residents' community by the Thames, sharing the map with neighbours and newcomers. Start at the quay, then see what is within a mile along the river.
Geograph
Find photographs by place and grid square when a map pin makes you curious about what the area looks like.
Know a group or collection that would help people explore places on the map? Tell Rickie about it.