The Painswick Beacon

The community newspaper of the village of Painswick in Gloucestershire

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Latest edition

The latest edition of The Painswick Beacon - March 2024
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The archived Painswick beacon since 2002 Archive
from 2002
The archived Painswick Beacon since 2002
   
Painswick Directory 2024 Directory 2024
of all local enterprises
Painwick Directory 2024
   
Painswick Directory 2016 How to Advertise
 
How to Advertise in The
Painswick Beacon
   
First Edition First edition
April 1978
The first edition of the Painswick Beacon
   

Contacts

The Painswick Beacon Email The Painswick Beacon
beacon@painswick.net
   
Painswick Parish Council Email Painswick Parish Council
clerkpainswickpc@hotmail.com
www.painswick-pc.gov.uk
   
Village Map A map of Painswick
Click here for the map

The Team

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Co-ordinating Editors  
John Barrus
barrusjp@yahoo.co.uk
812942
Alastair Jollans
apjbeacon@gmail.com
814263
   
Diary and Personal Column  
Vicky Aspinall
diary.beacon@painswick.net
personalcolumn.beacon@painswick.net
812379
   
Feature writers  
Carol Maxwell
features.beacon@painswick.net
813387
   
Sport  
John Barrus
barrusjp@yahoo.co.uk
812942
   
Advertising  
Peter Rowe
advertising.beacon@painswick.net
813228
   
Distribution  
Celia Lougher
distribution.beacon@painswick.net
812624
   
Treasurer  
Richard Aspinall
treasurer.beacon@painswick.net
812379
   
Subscriptions  
Jacek Wolowiec
subscriptions.beacon@painswick.net
813295
   
Quiz  
John Barrus
barrusjp@yahoo.co.uk
812942
   
Directory  
Carol Maxwell
directory.beacon@painswick.net
813387

About us

For over 40 years, The Painswick Beacon has been telling the everyday stories of Painswick and Painswickians.

The first Beacon was published in April, 1978 and it has been published since then on the first Saturday of each month. The print run of at least 1,500 copies is delivered free to every household in Painswick village itself, to subscribers in the neighbouring villages of Edge, Sheepscombe and Slad, and from pickup points in other villages. There are also around a hundred postal subscribers from elsewhere in the UK and around the world; from Bristol to Bangkok, Walsall to Warsaw and Malvern to Montreal.

Regular features include Parish Council and planning news, news from local clubs and societies, a property report, sports, the village diary and the ins and outs, ups and downs of Painswickian personal lives in a personal column. All are available here, just click as required. The Beacon relies for its income on advertising from local businesses and voluntary subscriptions. Currently there are around 600 subscribers who contribute on average of £8.00 each per year.

Producing the Beacon each month - typically 20 - 24 pages - is a team effort. All are volunteers - no-one gets paid - and each issue relies on editorial contributions from individuals and organisations throughout the community.

As a public service the Beacon publishes a free annual Directory with monthly updates in this page. The Directory seeks to list the contact details of all enterprises and organisations within the civil parish of Painswick.

Links offered on this page are as notified to us and limited by space to likely key contacts.