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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 174 people have helped map 1610 groups. Here are the top Groups Near You mappers.

Anonymous 370
Kim Richards 332
John Angliss 66
patrick taylor 31
Matt Joyce 26
Fran s 26
steve clark 24
Richard Pope 24
Nicola Barker 24
Liz Batty 23
James Aylett 21
Duncan 20
Lawrence 18
Tim Morley 18
Andrew Brown 17
Becky F 17
Alyson Moore 16
Rob Dunfey 14
Katherine 14
John Bevan 14
Josh Smith 12
Barry Myles 12
Richard McKeever 12
Tom Steinberg 11
Catherine 11
Nina Carlin-Devlin 11
Martin Garibaldi 11
Russ Garrett 11
Sam Smith 11
Jon N 10
Heather Cronk 10
Guy Rintoul 9
Calanish 9
John Handelaar 9
Melissa Chapin 9
mark hoy 9
william perrin 9
Shane McCracken 8
David Jones 8
Alex Keys 7
James Small 7
Peter James 7
Francis Irving 7
Robert (Jamie) Munro 7
Tom Loosemore 7
Michele Ide-Smith 7
James Ryder 7
seb 7
C anson 7
Jonathan Hogg 7
Michael Grimes 6
Danny O'Brien 6
Leda 6
Dean Sas 5
claire eddy 5
Chris Foster 4
Thomas K 4
Yorky 4
andy 4
David Llewellyn-Jones 4
Isabel 4
Paul Gamester 4
andersja 4
Paul Johnston 4
Cat Norman 4
Ian Barker 4
Micah Sittig 3
Barry de la Rosa 3
F Wilson 3
Peter 3
scratch 3
ricardo 3
Kake 3
Helen Milner 3
Marian Herod 3
Louise Crow 3
Mark Parker 2
Stephen Emlyn-Jones 2
Paul Kane 2
Robert Doyle 2
Jon Hoar 2
Mark Ng 2
Stephen Lewis 2
Jouni K. Seppänen 2
Eliot Sykes 2
Mark SImpkins 2
Adam Chapman 2
Localmouth 2
John Cross 2
simon bates 2
Robert 2
Kristofer Keane 2
Hugo Manassei 2
Christopher Ritter 2
Simon Johnson 2
Will 2
Rhys Jones 2
Philip Curcher 2
AlexP 2
Paul Waring 2
Triston Wallace 2
alanconnor 2
Cosmite 2
Cathy 2
Will Chapman 2
Matt 2
Ross Parker 2
Fearghas McKay 1
Gerard 1
Don 1
Dave Taylor 1
Adam Thompson 1
Martin 1
John Wood 1
Simon Redding 1
Ekene 1
Tim Diggins 1
Nicky Thompson 1
Ian M 1
Danny Staple 1
richard Jordan 1
Rog 1
Dave Evans 1
Tobie Fysh 1
Steve Thompson 1
wrona 1
Stuart Bell 1
Michael Procter 1
Steve Barker 1
E-Democracy.org 1
dimitri 1
Ian Thomas 1
Mike 1
billy clark 1
Harry Wood 1
eddie currall 1
Francine Higham 1
graham 1
Steven Clift 1
Peter Westwood 1
natalie 1
Jim 1
John Howard 1
Peter Ferne 1
Nathan Catt 1
simon oakley 1
James Smith 1
James Darling 1
Craig Loftus 1
ndm 1
paul robinson 1
ivan tzompov 1
James Graham 1
Matthias Trénel 1
Darius Damalakas 1
Ian Eiloart 1
DEVESH DUTTA 1
Andy Braben 1
Ian Booth 1
Eleanor 1
Tom Taylor 1
Tom L 1
White rasta 1
Ben Evans 1
Lucy Sheppard 1
Ben Campbell 1
Jones james 1
annette 1
Webmaster BN3 5RA/B 1
Note: this table shows mapped groups only, not ones marked as "not local"

Overall progress

7416 of 5400 potential groups have been sorted or mapped