Packet Newspapers

Falmouth & Penryn Packet; Helston Packet; The Packet (incorporating Truro and Camborne & Redruth); West Cornwall Packet
TypeWeekly newspapers
FormatTabloid
Owner(s)Newsquest
Founded1829
HeadquartersFalmouth, Cornwall
Circulation2,824 (as of 2023)[1]
Websitethepacket.co.uk

Packet Newspapers (Cornwall) Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Newsquest media group, which publishes the Packet series of weekly tabloid newspapers.[2][3]

The series is named after the Falmouth Packet service, which commenced operation in about 1688.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Packet Series (Falmouth Packet / Helston Packet / The Packet)". Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK). 21 February 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Newsquest - Our titles". Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  3. ^ "Newsquest Office Finder - Falmouth". Retrieved 14 August 2012.
  4. ^ ""The Packet service and the packet ships gave their name to this newspaper." - First Packet post for 160 years sets sail from Falmouth and Penryn (from Falmouth Packet) 1 July 2012". Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  5. ^ "Falmouth Packet, 1 August 2008: Walk around Falmouth". Retrieved 30 July 2012.