.JPG) Woods House, the former headquarters of theHastings & St. Leonards Observer | |
| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner | National World |
| Editor-in-chief | Gary Shipton |
| Founded | 1859 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | The Observer, Third Floor, Creative Media Centre, 45 Robertson Street, Hastings, TN34 1HL |
| Circulation | 5,273 (as of 2023)[1] |
| Website | hastingsobserver |
TheHastings & St. Leonards Observer, commonly known as just theHastings Observer, is an English weekly tabloid newspaper, published every Friday since 1859 inHastings,East Sussex.[2]
First published in 1859, The Observer is the town's only weekly newspaper. Nowadays, the paper is edited and created by Sussex Newspapers, and printed byJohnston Press at their headquarters inHilsea,Portsmouth. Prior to this, the paper was produced in a building purposely designed for the paper, theF.J. Parsons Printworks (Observer Building).