North Wales Chronicle

Front page of the earliest surviving copy of the Welsh newspaper North Wales Chronicle; 4 October 1827

The North Wales Chronicle is a weekly regional newspaper based in Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales, owned by NWN Media and delivered to more than 30,000 homes each week.[1][2] News coverage is confined to north Gwynedd, including the city of Bangor and town of Caernarfon, as well as the whole of the Isle of Anglesey.

Established in 1808, it is possibly the oldest weekly newspaper in Wales.[3] It is the only free newspaper in Gwynedd and Anglesey, with a combined weekly readership of 552,127 adults.[4]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.nwnmedia.co.uk/mediapacks/northwaleschronicle.pdf
  2. ↑ http://www.northwaleschronicle.co.uk/
  3. ↑ http://www.llgc.org.uk/collections/learn-more/printed-materials/some-prominent-north-wales-weeklies/
  4. ↑ http://www.nwnmedia.co.uk/mediapacks/northwaleschronicle.pdf
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