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A cookie is a small file saved on your device when you visit a website. This helps the website recognise your device if you return to it.
Cookies are used to:
- recognise your device, so you don’t have to give the same information again
- measure how you use the website, so it can be updated and improved based on your needs
- provide data to understand how the website is used
Cookies can’t be used to identify you as an individual.
How cookies are used on this website
Essential cookies
Essential cookies help our website work. We don’t need to ask permission to use these. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the website might not work.
Third-party cookies
We embed media such as Google Maps on our pages. The suppliers of these services may set their own cookies on your device, where we have used this type of content. These are known as third-party cookies. We have no control over third-party cookies.
You can read the third-party websites' cookie policies for more information about the cookies they collect:
Further reading
Information Commissioner's Office – cookies and similar technologies
Cookie policy updated on 18 March 2026.