What is Esk Valley News?A magazine for the Esk Valley and Whitby,
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Esk Valley News is an monthly magazine of 70+ pages featuring local news, local history and stories, nature, farming and gardening columns, events listings, group activities, local workshops, arts and crafts, a local directory and some fabulous colour photographs.
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Social Enterprise
Esk Valley News was set up as a project for local people and lovers of the Moors to write about items of interest in the area, to share views, to report on community events and to publicise fundraising and other initiatives – to help connect the community and support local businesses. Contributions and production are organised by Basement Press and the magazine is printed with the help of adults with special needs (members of the Camphill Community) at Camphill Press, Botton Village in the North York Moors National Park.
Although set up as a publication for the community, the magazine is also popular with visitors to the area who enjoy the in-depth stories and the insight into daily rural life in the area.
Distribution
Shops and cafes in villages of the Esk Valley, the National Park Centre in Danby, and the Ryedale Folk Museum in Hutton-le-Hole currently distribute the magazine. It is also sent to a growing number of postal subscribers.
Online Resources
The Esk Valley News website offers free advertising for local fundraising events, an opportunity to publish extra material (photos, movie clips, etc) and a library of archive material. Readers comment and share items of interest on the Esk Valley News Facebook page
www.facebook.com/eskvalleynews, and the Twitter feed @EskValleyNews keeps the wider community informed of news and events in the area.
Esk Valley News was set up as a project for local people and lovers of the Moors to write about items of interest in the area, to share views, to report on community events and to publicise fundraising and other initiatives – to help connect the community and support local businesses. Contributions and production are organised by Basement Press and the magazine is printed with the help of adults with special needs (members of the Camphill Community) at Camphill Press, Botton Village in the North York Moors National Park.
Although set up as a publication for the community, the magazine is also popular with visitors to the area who enjoy the in-depth stories and the insight into daily rural life in the area.
Distribution
Shops and cafes in villages of the Esk Valley, the National Park Centre in Danby, and the Ryedale Folk Museum in Hutton-le-Hole currently distribute the magazine. It is also sent to a growing number of postal subscribers.
Online Resources
The Esk Valley News website offers free advertising for local fundraising events, an opportunity to publish extra material (photos, movie clips, etc) and a library of archive material. Readers comment and share items of interest on the Esk Valley News Facebook page
www.facebook.com/eskvalleynews, and the Twitter feed @EskValleyNews keeps the wider community informed of news and events in the area.
How it Began
Esk Valley News began life in September 2004. The founder, Ann Bowes, took the brave decision to introduce a magazine to the Esk Valley area to cover subjects of interest for people living in the valley. Success followed and after nearly six years, with a circulation of 200 copies/month, she decided to retire from the magazine and focus on her publishing company (Fryup Press). This is when she handed over the reins to us – Nicola and Pascal of Basement Press (more about us here). Our first issue was No. 69, published in April 2010. Since then, circulation figures have risen, we've given the magazine a new look and broadened the distribution area and focus a little.
