Introduction

Skipton is the thriving heart of a very diverse rural area. The Craven Herald serves Skipton and the surrounding district which is made up of numerous villages, farmsteads and smallholdings. The paper reflects its audience within a traditional broadsheet format with a unique front page filed exclusively with small black and white advertisements from parish and commerce.

Circulation Map
Circulation Area
Circulation
The below figures are an average over the last 6 months: January - June 2007
Post Sector Area Circulation
BB5 Accrington / Huncoat 839
BB7 Clitheroe 216
BB8 Colne / Trawden / Foulridge 225
BB18 Barnoldswick / Earby 589
BD1 Bradford City Centre 189
BD2 Eccleshill 3
BD4 Bierley / Tyersal 1
BD6 Wibsey / Buttershaw 3
BD9 Heaton 18
BD10 Idle 2
BD11 Birkenshaw 1
BD13 Queensbury / Thornton 42
BD15 Wilson 7
BD16 Bingley / Eldwick 66
BD17 Baildon 7
BD18 Shipley / Saltaire 15
BD20 Silsden / Steeton 2,765
BD21 Keighley / Long Lee 726
BD22 Haworth / Oakworth 361
BD23 Skipton 8,523
BD24 Gigglesworth / Settle 1,549
DL8 Bedale 25
HG3 Harrogate 23
HX1 Halifax Town Centre 1
HX2 Warley Town 4
HX3 Northowram 2
HX5 Elland 1
HX7 Hebden Bridge 2
LA1 Lancaster City Centre 196
LA2 High Bentham 409
LA6 Ingleton 334
LA9 Kendal 17
LS1 Leeds City Centre 13
LS10 Middleton / Hunslet 41
LS16 Bramhope / Cookridge 2
LS19 Rawdon / Yeadon 4
LS20 Guiseley 4
LS21 Otley 25
LS28 Pudsey 4
LS29 Ilkley / Menston 357
PR1 Penwortham 12
YO30 Rawcliffe / Clifton (York) 44
Key Facts
 
Publication Day:
Friday
 
Type:
Paid/Broadsheet
 
Friday:
Total sales: 17,661
Readership: 44,567
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Sources:
JICREG 01 April 2008, Newspaper Society
ABC/VFD July - December 2007. Microvision 2007
Newsquest (Bradford) Ltd
 
‘79% of people source where and when to spend their leisure time in the local/regional press.’

‘53% of decision-makers source their company vehicles locally.’

 
Demographics
Age Groups:
15 - 34 28%
35 - 54 33%
55+ 49%
Socio Groups:
ABC1 54%
C2DE 46%
Sex:
Female 48%
Male 52%
 
 
 
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www.cravenherald.co.uk
www.keighleynews.co.uk
www.ilkleygazette.co.uk
www.wharfdaleobserver.co.uk
www.advertiserseries.co.uk

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