The Cornish & Devon Post is a weekly newspaper, published in Launceston, Cornwall, England, which was launched in 1856. It was one of the last newspapers in the UK to carry advertisements, rather than news on the front page. It is owned by the Tindle Newspaper Group since 1986.

Cornish & Devon Post
Offices of the Cornish & Devon Post
TypeWeekly newspaper
Owner(s)Tindle Newspaper Group
Founded1856
Circulation2,626 (as of 2023)[1]
Websitethepost.uk.com

It covers the main towns of Launceston, Bude, Holsworthy and Camelford and the area of northwest Devon and northeast Cornwall.

In April 2020, after 164 years, the paper made the switch from broadsheet to tabloid, with news appearing on the front page for the first time.[2]

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  1. ^ "Cornish & Devon Post". Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK). 26 February 2024. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Coronavirus prompts Cornish & Devon Post to go tabloid - Journalism News from HoldtheFrontPage". HoldtheFrontPage.
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