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.
Get started
Or add a group you know about
If you already know of a local email group, blog or forum, you can add it directly.
Add a group »Top mappers
So far 107 people have helped map 842 groups. Here are the top Groups Near You mappers.
| Anonymous | 218 |
| patrick taylor | 31 |
| Fran s | 26 |
| steve clark | 24 |
| Nicola Barker | 24 |
| Liz Batty | 23 |
| Richard Pope | 22 |
| James Aylett | 21 |
| Duncan | 20 |
| Tim Morley | 18 |
| Andrew Brown | 17 |
| Alyson Moore | 16 |
| John Bevan | 14 |
| Rob Dunfey | 14 |
| Barry Myles | 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 |
| 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 |
| seb | 7 |
| Robert (Jamie) Munro | 7 |
| Michael Grimes | 6 |
| Danny O'Brien | 6 |
| Leda | 6 |
| claire eddy | 5 |
| Cat Norman | 4 |
| David Llewellyn-Jones | 4 |
| andersja | 4 |
| Isabel | 4 |
| Paul Johnston | 4 |
| Yorky | 4 |
| Ian Barker | 4 |
| Chris Foster | 4 |
| Louise Crow | 3 |
| Micah Sittig | 3 |
| Kake | 3 |
| Peter | 3 |
| Barry de la Rosa | 3 |
| Helen Milner | 3 |
| Mark SImpkins | 2 |
| Mark Ng | 2 |
| Paul Kane | 2 |
| simon bates | 2 |
| AlexP | 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 |
| Triston Wallace | 2 |
| John Cross | 2 |
| Jon Hoar | 2 |
| Stephen Emlyn-Jones | 2 |
| Steve Thompson | 1 |
| James Smith | 1 |
| Ben Evans | 1 |
| Dave Taylor | 1 |
| Steven Clift | 1 |
| Tim Diggins | 1 |
| Lucy Sheppard | 1 |
| Fearghas McKay | 1 |
| Andy Braben | 1 |
| James Darling | 1 |
| Eleanor | 1 |
| Craig Loftus | 1 |
| Matt | 1 |
| Ben Campbell | 1 |
| James Graham | 1 |
| Peter Ferne | 1 |
| Francine Higham | 1 |
| Martin | 1 |
| Tom Taylor | 1 |
| Michael Procter | 1 |
| Matthias Trénel | 1 |
| John Wood | 1 |
| Tom L | 1 |
| natalie | 1 |
| Nicky Thompson | 1 |
| billy clark | 1 |
| graham | 1 |
| simon oakley | 1 |
| Dave Evans | 1 |