All the local groups listed below have sites which give details of meetings, and the person to contact, in addition to the extra pages as described. Note that a few of these groups require membership to belong.

Groups are listed alphabetically by county within England, followed by national sites for Scotland, Ireland and Wales. At the bottom of the list are links for two national organisations which have up-to-date contact details for members.

Please let me know if you have a relevant site or web-page which would like included, or if any of the links don't work.

If you can't find anything relevant in the list, you might like to join one of the general UK home education mailing lists which have members all over the UK. These have links on my mailing list page.


England

Bath - website for Bath home educators

Berkshire - home education information, and what's on locally; also mailing list on yahoogroups

Bristol - legal information and some useful educational links

Cornwall - Kernow group site; lots of local information and activities for children

Cumbria - practical learning, quotations and useful links

Derbyshire - yahoo group for home educators in the Derwent area

Durham - general yahoo group for Durham home educators

Durham - another yahoo group, for County Durham home educators, connected with Education Otherwise

East Devon - useful site with legal advice and plenty of links.

East Dorset - how to get started, and legal advice.

Essex - details of local groups and a few links

Essex, South East - links, useful articles, and a noticeboard for upcoming events in and near Southend

Gloucestershire - local mailing lists to join, and a page about how the meetings work

Hampshire - mailing list for Fareham and Gosport (a Christian group, but all are welcome)

Hampshire, North - mailing list at Yahoogroups for North Hampshire EO members

Hampshire and West Sussex - for home educators in the mid-South

Isle of Wight - the site for the large group on the Isle of Wight

Kent - Wealdon group; creative site with a fable and a poster to print; also WHEN mailing list at yahoogroups

Kent and South East England -  regular meetings in Medway, Orpington and Bromley, and other local events 

Lancashire - local events, games, more to come when the site is complete. There is also a LEAD mailing list at yahoogroups.

Lancashire - Bolton area - yahoo group for home educators in the Bolton area

Manchester - a few local links, and details of the MADCOW contact newsletter

Midlands - a messageboard site at MSN, mainly covering Chesterfield and Mansfield

Midlands, East - yahoogroup for information and support, for families home educating in the East Midlands. Also East Midlands home education site, with details of events, discounts and other items of local interest in Notthingham and Derby areas.

Norfolk, West - yahoogroup for those in Kings Lynn, West Norfolk and surrouding areas

North East England - a Christian mailing list for those in the North East, particularly Northumberland, Tyne and Wear and Durham.

Northants - website of the Northants home educators

South Buckinghamshire - a yahoogroups mailing list for information and support

Surrey - new yahoogroup for all home educators in the county of Surrey

Surrey, South West - site with information and resources for home educators in this region, and details of local groups in Farnham and Godalming

Tyne and Wear - Education Otherwise group in this area

Wiltshire, North - site listing events for the local group. Also North Wiltshire yahoogroups discussion list.

Worcestershire - local information and some educational site links; for details of local group activities see the Worcestershire home ed mailing list

Yorkshire, North - site with news, articles, and local attractions.  Also North Yorkshire yahoogroup list. 

Yorkshire, West - yahoogroup for support for those home educating in West Yorkshire.

Yorkshire, South - SADCOW mailing list at topica for those home educating in South Yorkshire

Yorkshire - a fairly quiet yahoogroups discussion list for home educators anywhere in Yorkshire.

Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales

Scotland - the Schoolhouse site can advise on local groups in Scotland, and the law, which is different from that in England and Wales

Northern Ireland - legal information and a contact; also HEdNI mailing list - yahoogroups discussion list

South Wales - a yahoo group site for discussion and information about the local network of home educators. Also SWHEN - website for South Wales home educators, and WiseUp, a site for home educators in Port Talbot, South Wales

National organisations

Education Otherwise - this national organisation provides resources for members, including an extensive list of local contacts who are available by telephone, and who often know of other local groups which do not have web-sites.

Home Service - this is a Christian organisation, which provides local contact details to members, and may know of other Christian groups which do not have their own web sites.