Hobby and interest data feeds

Tameside Local hobby and interest feed source map. This page tracks free/open or reviewable sources that could support repeat visits: fishing/rivers, walking and cycling, canals, ham radio, satellite spotting, train spotting, plane spotting and events. Source map checked: checked 2026-05-10 23:28 UTC. Sources mapped: 10. Ready/keyless: 2. Needs terms/manual review: 3. Needs API key or account approval: 4. Avoid/unsafe for automation: 1. Rules for this work: - Build from official/open sources first, with licence and attribution preserved. - Cache live-ish feeds and respect rate limits. - Do not claim aviation, river, satellite, rail or weather data is safety-critical. - Do not scrape forums/social posts or copy event/article/image text without clear permission. - Private clubs and hobby groups should be source-linked or submitted/reviewed, not harvested. Ready/keyless candidates: - Fishing, rivers and outdoors: Environment Agency flood-monitoring river level API — River/stream context links for anglers, walkers and outdoors pages, reusing the existing flood/river importer where suitable. Source: https://environment.data.gov.uk/flood-monitoring/doc/reference - Walking, cycling and outdoors: OpenStreetMap / Overpass outdoor facilities — Walking/cycling/outdoors candidate queues for benches, viewpoints, parks, trails, cycle shops, toilets, water points and access features. Source: https://overpass-api.de/api/interpreter Needs terms/manual review: - Canals, walking and angling: Canal & River Trust places and waterways pages — Source-linked canal walking/angling place references for Ashton Canal, Huddersfield Narrow Canal and nearby waterways. Source: https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/places-to-visit - Plane spotting: OpenSky Network states API — A clearly non-safety-critical "planes over Tameside" widget showing coarse recent aircraft states in a local bounding box. Source: https://openskynetwork.github.io/opensky-api/rest.html - Ham radio and outdoors: POTA/SOTA activation feeds/APIs — Outdoor radio activity context where local parks/hills overlap with Tameside or nearby Pennine areas. Source: https://pota.app/ and https://www.sotadata.org.uk/ Needs API key/account approval: - Ham radio and satellite spotting: N2YO satellite pass API — ISS/amateur-radio satellite pass times for Tameside, useful for radio and skywatching pages. Source: https://www.n2yo.com/api/ - Ham radio: HamQTH / amateur-radio data services — Radio-club/resource page links, callsign lookup links or DX/radio-interest context if permitted. Source: https://www.hamqth.com/developers.php - Train spotting and rail: Open Rail Data / Network Rail feeds — Station boards, service disruption links or railfan context for Tameside stations already imported from NaPTAN. Source: https://wiki.openraildata.com/ - Events and club nights: Eventbrite/Ticketmaster public events APIs — Tameside events listings with dates, source links and original summaries only. Source: https://www.eventbrite.com/platform/api and https://developer.ticketmaster.com/products-and-docs/apis/discovery-api/v2/ Avoid for automation: - Events, clubs and niche communities: Random forums/social posts/club pages without clear reuse terms — Discovery only if a human reviews and creates original source-linked entries. Source: https://example.invalid/not-a-source Next safest build step: extend existing ready/keyless sources first, especially Environment Agency river context and OSM outdoors/facility candidates, before requesting any new API keys.