Distribution Network

The London Evening Standard is now more accessible to more Londoners than ever before; our distribution network ensures the retention of an upmarket audience.

An Intelligent and Targeted Distribution Model

Transport
London's first free quality newspaper is available from self-selection bins on Network Rail station concourses across the capital. The London Evening Standard is also available at over 100 tube stations (65 in Zone 1) as well as in British Airways lounges and on Eurostar trains.

Canary Wharf
The London Evening Standard is exclusively available in Canary Wharf. Every day over 30 000 copies are distributed via existing vendor sites and self-selection bins in the heart of London's financial district.

On Street
Every evening, 260 vendors take to the capital's streets to distribute London's first free quality newspaper, each vendor is strategically placed in key upmarket areas and at commuter hotspots.

Retail
Most notably the London Evening Standard is available at WH Smith outlets in stations, main shopping centres, airports and in store in key upmarket high streets throughout London. The publication is also available at over 200 Tesco, Morrisons, Asda and Sainsbury's supermarkets outside of Zone 1.

Further Developments

Demand for the London Evening Standard is greater than ever. We used to sell 1000 copies a day in Holborn, we now distribute over 22,000 copies.

Changes have been made to the way London’s free quality newspaper is distributed in an effort to meet the overwhelming response from readers.

The changes include extra measures to meet demand through the City to Canary Wharf, north to Islington, Camden, Primrose Hill and South Hampstead; west to Maida Vale, Notting Hill, Shepherd's Bush and Hammersmith; south through Fulham, Wandsworth, Clapham, Waterloo and London Bridge.

The London Evening Standard is also now available from a number of retailers outside central London in areas such as: Wimbledon, Kennington, Blackheath, Croydon, Ealing, Hampstead, Dalston and Bethnal Green.

All 700,000 copies of the paper are the West End Final edition with the latest news, sport, business, comment and analysis as well as our renowned features and arts coverage.

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