The Reading Post is an English local newspaper covering Reading

Reading, Berkshire

Reading is a large town and unitary authority area in England. It is located in the Thames Valley at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, and on both the Great Western Main Line railway and the M4 motorway, some west of London....

, Berkshire

Berkshire

Berkshire is a historic county in the South of England. It is also often referred to as the Royal County of Berkshire because of the presence of the royal residence of Windsor Castle in the county; this usage, which dates to the 19th century at least, was recognised by the Queen in 1957, and...

  and surrounding areas. The title page

Nameplate (publishing)

In publishing, a nameplate is the title of a newspaper or other periodical in the type style and treatment in which it appears on the front page or cover of the periodical...

 of the paper features the Maiwand Lion

Maiwand Lion

The Maiwand Lion is a sculpture and war memorial in the Forbury Gardens, a public park in the town of Reading, in the English county of Berkshire. The statue was named after the Battle of Maiwand and was erected in 1886 to commemorate the deaths of 329 men from the 66th Berkshire Regiment during...

, a famous local landmark at Forbury Gardens

Forbury Gardens

Forbury Gardens is a public park in the town of Reading in the English county of Berkshire. The park is on the site of the outer court of Reading Abbey, which was in front of the Abbey Church. The site was formerly known as the Forbury, and one of the roads flanking the current gardens is still...

. The paper is published by Surrey & Berkshire Media Ltd., a division of Trinity Mirror plc.

Editions

Since 2009 the paper has been published weekly on a Wednesday as a paid-for paper with a free edition on a Friday titled Get Reading. The paper was previously promoted as an evening paper and published Monday to Friday. All editions are tabloid.

Sale

In February 2010, the division of Guardian Media Group

Guardian Media Group

Guardian Media Group plc is a company of the United Kingdom owning various mass media operations including The Guardian and The Observer. The Group is owned by the Scott Trust. It was founded as the Manchester Guardian Ltd in 1907 when C. P. Scott bought the Manchester Guardian from the estate of...

 which included the Reading Evening Post was sold to Trinity Mirror plc. This sale included 22 titles across the North of England and in Surrey and Berkshire.

Awards

The Reading Evening Post was named Regional Newspaper of the Year for the second year running at the 2004 Newspaper Awards.