The Hastings & St. Leonards Observer, commonly known as just Hastings Observer, is an English weekly tabloid newspaper, published every Friday since 1859 in Hastings

Hastings

Hastings is a town and borough in the county of East Sussex on the south coast of England. The town is located east of the county town of Lewes and south east of London, and has an estimated population of 86,900....

, East Sussex

East Sussex

East Sussex is a county in South East England. It is bordered by the counties of Kent, Surrey and West Sussex, and to the south by the English Channel.-History:...

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History

First published in 1859, The Observer is now the towns only newspaper. Nowadays, the paper is edited and created by Sussex Newspapers, and printed by Johnston Press

Johnston Press

Johnston Press plc is a newspaper publishing company headquartered in Edinburgh, Scotland. Its flagship titles are The Scotsman and the Yorkshire Post; it also operates many other newspapers around the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and the Isle of Man. It is the second-largest publisher...

 at their headquarters in Hilsea

Hilsea

Hilsea is a district of the city of Portsmouth in the English county of Hampshire. Hilsea is home to one of Portsmouth's main sports and leisure facilities - the Mountbatten centre. The City of Portsmouth Boys' School is also in Hilsea...

, Portsmouth

Portsmouth

Portsmouth is the second largest city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire on the south coast of England. Portsmouth is notable for being the United Kingdom's only island city; it is located mainly on Portsea Island...

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Sister newspapers

The Obsever also has sister newspapers, owned by Beckett Newspapers, called the Rye & Battle Observer and Bexhill Observer, both based at the same building as the Hastings Observer.