The Knowhere Guide is a crowd-sourced online guide to British towns. It was originally a guide to the skateboarding scene in the UK. [1] The Guide was founded in 1994. [2] It is quoted by British guidebooks, such as Rough Guides, as a recommended source of online information. [3] [4] [5] The guide also included a fictional town known as "Chuffing Hell", which has been mistaken as a real town by commercial web based directories. [6]
The site's comments about the town of Crawley were seen to be so negative that local MP Laura Moffatt stated, "We should have the ability to take things down." [7] The site was also blamed for encouraging illegal skateboarding in Halesowen. [8]
The Knowhere Guide is a crowd-sourced online guide to British towns. It was originally a guide to the skateboarding scene in the UK. [1] The Guide was founded in 1994. [2] It is quoted by British guidebooks, such as Rough Guides, as a recommended source of online information. [3] [4] [5] The guide also included a fictional town known as "Chuffing Hell", which has been mistaken as a real town by commercial web based directories. [6]
The site's comments about the town of Crawley were seen to be so negative that local MP Laura Moffatt stated, "We should have the ability to take things down." [7] The site was also blamed for encouraging illegal skateboarding in Halesowen. [8]