Wakefield Express

Wakefield Express
TypeWeekly newspaper
Owner(s)National World
EditorMark Bradley
Founded1852
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersExpress House, Southgate, Wakefield, West Yorkshire WF1 1TE
Circulation4,624 (as of 2022)[1]
Sister newspapersYorkshire Post Newspapers
ISSN0961-2459
Websitehttp://www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk

The Wakefield Express is the newspaper serving the City of Wakefield district in West Yorkshire, England.[2] It was established in 1852 and was the subject of a centenary film directed by Lindsay Anderson in 1952.[3] The newspaper is owned by National World and edited by Mark Bradley.[4]

After 155 years of publication as a broadsheet, it changed to a tabloid format in March 2007.[5]

The newspaper summarises content from other local newspapers such as the Pontefract & Castleford Express.[6]

  1. ^ "Wakefield Express". Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK). 27 February 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Regional News". www.wakefield.gov.uk. 18 April 2008. Retrieved 17 July 2008.
  3. ^ Dupin, Christophe (2008). "Wakefield Express (1952)". BFI Screenonline. Retrieved 17 July 2008.
  4. ^ "Wakefield Express". Media UK. Retrieved 17 July 2008.
  5. ^ Greenslade, Roy (5 February 2007). "Wakefield Express to go tabloid after 155 years". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2 November 2008.
  6. ^ "In this week's Pontefract and Castleford Express". Wakefield Express. Retrieved 17 July 2017.