The ''Romsey Advertiser'' is a local weekly newspaper for the town of Romsey and surrounding areas, in

Hampshire Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English cities on its south coast, Southampton and Portsmouth, Hampshire ...

, England. It was established in 1896 as part of the ''Andover Advertiser''. It became a separate publication in 1901. Photographs became a regular feature in the 1960s. Colour was introduced in the early 1990s. It was a broadsheet paper until 2007, when it became compact-sized. The paper is currently published every Friday. It includes local news, sport, property, classified advertising and the ''7 Days'' leisure section, which also appears in the ''

Hampshire Chronicle The ''Hampshire Chronicle'' is a local, newspaper, based in Winchester, Hampshire, England. The first edition was published on 24 August 1772, making it one of the oldest publications in England. The paper was founded by James Linden and was ...

.'' Its offices are at 21a Market Place in Romsey. Until April 1991, the ''Romsey Advertiser'' was printed at the ''Hampshire Chronicle'' offices, 57 High Street Winchester. After that it was printed at Portsmouth Printing and Publishing Ltd. It is now printed at Newsquest's Print Centre, in Test Lane, Redbridge, Southampton. The ''Romsey Advertiser'' is owned by Newsquest, which is the second largest publisher of regional and local newspapers in the UK, and is itself part of the US group Gannett. Sister newspapers in the area include the ''

'', ''Andover Advertiser'', '' Southern Daily Echo'' and the ''

Salisbury Journal The ''Salisbury Journal'' is the local newspaper for the Salisbury area of England. Founded in 1729, it was revived by William Collins in 1736, who used it to oppose the government of Sir Robert Walpole. Benjamin Collins took over the publicatio ...

''.

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* {{cite web, url=http://www.romseyadvertiser.co.uk, title=The Romsey Advertiser website Newspapers published in Hampshire Newspapers established in 1901 1901 establishments in England Romsey