Monmouthshire Beacon

The Monmouthshire Beacon
The 18 January 2012 front page
TypeWeekly newspaper
FormatTabloid
Owner(s)Tindle Newspaper Group
EditorMarcus Law
Founded14 October 1837; 187 years ago (1837-10-14)
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersMonmouth
Circulation1,928 (as of 2023)[1]
Sister newspapersRoss Gazette
Websitemonmouthshirebeacon.co.uk
Front page of the earliest surviving copy of the Welsh newspaper The Monmouthshire Merlin; 23 May 1829

The Monmouthshire Beacon is a weekly tabloid newspaper covering the areas of Monmouthshire, south Herefordshire and western Gloucestershire. It has been in continuous publication since 1837. Since 1980 the newspaper has been part of the Tindle Newspaper Group of local newspapers owned by Farnham Castle Newspapers and chaired by Sir Ray Tindle (1926–2022).[2]

The newspaper's editorial office is at Cornwall House, Monnow Street, Monmouth. The Beacon is published every Wednesday.[2] Its sister paper, the Ross Gazette, covers nearby south Herefordshire.

  1. ^ "Monmouthshire Beacon". Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK). 26 February 2024. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  2. ^ a b Monmouthshire Beacon, British Newspapers Online, accessed 20 January 2012