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Help map some random groups

There are nearly 30,000 yahoo groups containing the word 'residents' and over 15,000 with the word 'neighbourhood' in, but we've no idea what towns and cities they actually cover. That means loads of local knowledge locked away where no one can find it (boo). So we need your help to map them! (don't worry google, you're next).

How it works

We show you the description of a random group. If you think it looks like a local email group (a residents' association or a knitting club), you then have to guess what area you think it covers.

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Top mappers

So far 147 people have helped map 1465 groups. Here are the top Groups Near You mappers.

Kim Richards 332
Anonymous 319
John Angliss 66
patrick taylor 31
Matt Joyce 26
Fran s 26
Richard Pope 24
steve clark 24
Nicola Barker 24
Liz Batty 23
James Aylett 21
Duncan 20
Tim Morley 18
Lawrence 18
Andrew Brown 17
Alyson Moore 16
John Bevan 14
Rob Dunfey 14
Barry Myles 12
Richard McKeever 12
Josh Smith 12
Russ Garrett 11
Sam Smith 11
Catherine 11
Tom Steinberg 11
Martin Garibaldi 11
Jon N 10
Heather Cronk 10
John Handelaar 9
Calanish 9
mark hoy 9
Guy Rintoul 9
william perrin 9
David Jones 8
Shane McCracken 8
Francis Irving 7
Alex Keys 7
Jonathan Hogg 7
Tom Loosemore 7
James Ryder 7
James Small 7
Michele Ide-Smith 7
Peter James 7
seb 7
Robert (Jamie) Munro 7
Michael Grimes 6
Danny O'Brien 6
Leda 6
Dean Sas 5
claire eddy 5
Cat Norman 4
David Llewellyn-Jones 4
andersja 4
Isabel 4
Paul Johnston 4
Yorky 4
Ian Barker 4
Thomas K 4
Chris Foster 4
Louise Crow 3
ricardo 3
Micah Sittig 3
Kake 3
F Wilson 3
Peter 3
Barry de la Rosa 3
Helen Milner 3
Marian Herod 3
Mark SImpkins 2
Mark Ng 2
Paul Kane 2
simon bates 2
AlexP 2
Matt 2
alanconnor 2
Localmouth 2
Cathy 2
Ross Parker 2
Will 2
Stephen Lewis 2
Robert Doyle 2
Paul Waring 2
Cosmite 2
Hugo Manassei 2
Rhys Jones 2
Jouni K. Seppänen 2
Triston Wallace 2
John Cross 2
Eliot Sykes 2
Kristofer Keane 2
Jon Hoar 2
Stephen Emlyn-Jones 2
Will Chapman 2
John Howard 1
Danny Staple 1
Steve Thompson 1
James Smith 1
Ekene 1
wrona 1
Ben Evans 1
DEVESH DUTTA 1
Dave Taylor 1
Steven Clift 1
Tim Diggins 1
Lucy Sheppard 1
ivan tzompov 1
Fearghas McKay 1
Andy Braben 1
James Darling 1
eddie currall 1
Eleanor 1
Craig Loftus 1
Stuart Bell 1
Ben Campbell 1
James Graham 1
Peter Ferne 1
Ian Thomas 1
Gerard 1
Francine Higham 1
Martin 1
Tom Taylor 1
Peter Westwood 1
Michael Procter 1
Matthias Trénel 1
Mike 1
Ian Booth 1
Tobie Fysh 1
John Wood 1
Tom L 1
natalie 1
Steve Barker 1
Nicky Thompson 1
Nathan Catt 1
billy clark 1
graham 1
Jim 1
Ian M 1
Webmaster BN3 5RA/B 1
Ian Eiloart 1
simon oakley 1
Harry Wood 1
Dave Evans 1
Note: this table shows mapped groups only, not ones marked as "not local"

Overall progress

5590 of 5400 potential groups have been sorted or mapped