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Observer Newspapers Advertising Sales Office
Observer House,
Caxton Way,
Watford,
Herts,
WD18 8RJ
Switchboard: 01923 216216
Fax: 01923 235201
e-mail enquiries to: Group Display Manager

Media Information

The Watford Observer

  • The Watford Observer has been published every Friday since 1863.
  • The Watford Observer is the biggest and best-read paid-for newspaper in the area, audited net sales July to December 2010: 17,243 (figures: Audit Bureau of Circulations).
  • Key postcode sales areas: WD1, WD2, WD3, WD4, WD5, HP1, HP3, HP4, EN1, EN2, HA1, HA2, HA5, HA6.

Watford Free

  • The Watford Free is published every Thursday.
  • It is one of the oldest freely-distributed newspapers in the United Kingdom, with verified free distribution of 37,088 during January–June 2010.
  • Key postcode distribution areas: WD1, WD2, WD3, WD4.
  • Free advertising design service available for both publications.

Display Advertising

Display advertising in The Watford Observer and the Watford Free enables you to reach a large local audience in Watford and south west Hertfordshire.

Rates are charged per single column centimetre, as detailed in the table below.

Display rates per single colum cm The Watford Observer Watford Free
Retail Display £6.00 £6.20
Motors £2.85 £2.85
Property £5.45 £6.20
Ents/leisure £6.00 £6.20
Public Notices £13.50 £9.75
Classified Others £5.20 £5.40
Recruitment £44.50 package sale in four
newspapers
Colour is available in all sections. Guaranteed positions cost 25 per cent extra.

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