The ''Swansea Herald of Wales'' was a free local weekly newspaper distributed in the

Swansea Swansea (; cy, Abertawe ) is a coastal city and the second-largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Swansea ( cy, links=no, Dinas a Sir Abertawe). The city is the twenty-fifth largest in ...

area of south

Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...

. It was published by

South West Wales Publications South West Wales Publications (SWWP), part of the Northcliffe Media, is a regional newspaper publisher based in Swansea. The company produces eight local and regional paid-for and free titles including the: *''South Wales Evening Post'', *''Carm ...

a branch of the Northcliffe Media regional newspaper publishing house, itself part of the Daily Mail & General Trust. It was founded in 1882 as the ''Herald of Wales and Monmouthshire Recorder'', but dropped the 'Monmouthshire Recorder' from the title just four years later. In 1891 it underwent another change of title, to the ''Swansea & Glamorgan Herald and Herald of Wales'', and kept that title until 1930 when it became simply the ''Herald of Wales''. It added the 'Swansea' in 1987 when it essentially became a weekly freesheet companion to the ''

South Wales Evening Post The ''South Wales Evening Post'' is a tabloid daily newspaper distributed in the South West region of Wales. The paper has three daily editions – Swansea, Neath and Port Talbot and Carmarthenshire – and is published by Media Wales, part ...

'' with editions coming out each Wednesday. The paper was closed in 2011.

External links

Northcliffe Media: ''Swansea Herald of Wales'' (official site)British Newspapers Online

References

{{Reflist Newspapers published in Wales Mass media and culture in Swansea