URL's and Domain names

[Grinder21up]

Thanks to some top quality help on here I've now got my Bowling Club website up and running albeit basic at this stage. However the url format of :- http://homepage.ntlworld.com.user.na...lub/index.html doesn't exactly roll off the tongue or be that memorable. If I purchase a decent domain name like www.bowlingclub.co.uk can I point this at my ntl page or vice versa if thats how it works, thus allowing me to have a www.etc website but using my ntl webspace. Is a URL and a domain name the same thing ?.
I noticed on ntl websapce customer directory that there were a few that had www addresses. I didn't particularly want to fork out for web hosting when i could use the ntl space. And if can do it where's the best place to buy the domain name ?.
Cheers, Pete

[Jon M]

yes, you can indeed.. when you buy the domain.. you should get a control panel of some description.. once you've got that far.. give me a shout (PM, email) and i'll talk you through it . I recommend http://www.123-reg.co.uk for a cheap and easy to maintain domain name.