What is a cookie?

A cookie is a small amount of data, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier, which is sent to your browser from a web site's computers and stored on your computer's hard drive.
 
Each web site can send its own cookie to your browser if your browser's preferences allow it, but (to protect your privacy) your browser only permits a web site to access the cookies it has already sent to you, not the cookies sent to you by other sites.
We may store information about you using cookies (files which are sent by us to your computer or other access device) which we can access when you visit our site in future. We do this to count the number of visitors to our website and to ensure we are giving you the best browsing experience.  They help us to understand how you use our site. 
Visitors to our online shop do not need cookies enabled to purchase from it but parts of our site may not work correctly without them.  
Some cookies may have already been sent & if you have not disabled cookies, then they will be on your computer.  If you want to delete any cookies that are already on your computer, please refer to the instructions for your file management software to locate the file or directory that stores cookies. By using our website you are accepting our ue of cookies.
More information regarding cookies can be found at http://www.aboutcookies.org/default.aspx