WALES

WOO WALES

Your one-stop location for local; up to date and relevent information, tailor-made to your individual town.

Woo started as an information service for just one town in Mid-Wales, Welshpool. Gradually a few more nearby towns were added, and Woo started to grow right across Wales.

What is Woo ?

I have split Wales in to five zones.
Choose the zone of interest below

MID N.E N.W S.W S.E

WHAT IS WOO ?

WOO is the swiss army knife of desktop shortcuts,
YOUR ONE STOP SHOP FOR INFORMATION

USEFULL TOOLS

Calculators; Converters;
Calendars; Live Travel; Maps; Timetables; Job Searching; Weather; Parcel Tracking;
Recycling ideas; Money Saving, handy tips & ideas;
TV & Radio links; How to fix it videos.

EMERGENCY INFORMATION

Hospitals; Doctors; Dentists; Vets; Crime; Flood information; Disaster & Emergencies; First-Aid advice; Family Safety; Home Support.

LOCAL SERVICES

Contact numbers and websites for your local Schools; Colleges; Council Departments; News; Local Businesses and services.

SPECIAL SECTIONS

There are various specialist sections, WOO-SAFE is all about keeping your family safe.
WOO-HOME concentrates on household advice.
WOO-FIT is excercise for those who cannot attend a gym.
WOO-KIDS helps keep the little ones amused and helps them learn.

Before the Mobile and Internet age most households had both local telephone directories and advertising directories, there were also 'Pink Cards', printed advertising sheets that were put through the door which displayed local numbers to local businesses, all these have now ceased to be.

I wanted to not only replace these and once again have the information close to hand, but to greatly improve on them and have something easy to access whether at home, work or outside in the street. Access to Emergency information and contact numbers of Hospitals Doctors and Dentists, along with the numbers you may need quickly such as schools and plumbers.

The webpages go much further than the old printed directories, they utilise videos and pictures, and nearly everything you see is a clickable link that will give you even further information, Click on a name and it will take you directly to the contact number or even website. There are also useful tools such as converters and calculators at hand for when you need them, and special sections that enable you to access TV, or offer advice and help, some even show you how to do things by video.

Aware that people do not want to download 'apps' or use up disk space, I decided to create it purely as a website, giving the user the option of creating a small (2kb) shortcut on their desktop to instantly bring the information to view.