The Ayrshire Post is a weekly Scottish local newspaper serving the community of South Ayrshire with local news, issues and sports coverage. Distribution extends into North Ayrshire and East Ayrshire, although these areas are served primarily by sister papers the Irvine Herald and the Kilmarnock Standard.

The Ayrshire Post was founded in 1880 as a voice of Liberalism in direct competition to existing Tory rival The Ayr Advertiser and the now defunct Ayr Observer and the more radical Ayrshire Express. The paper is currently owned by Scottish & Universal Newspapers, part of the bigger Trinity Mirror Group. It now has the largest circulation of all publications in the Scottish and Universal stable. The Ayrshire Post's editorial headquarters are on Nile Court in Ayr town centre.

Its regional editor is Alan Woodison.

External links

• Ayrshire Post home page