The Leigh Times Series was a group of local English newspapers based in Essex owned and run by the Tindle Newspaper Group since 2008.
[2] The Leigh Times was started in 1983[3] in Leigh-On-Sea by Michael and Shirley Guy.
[4][5] The group went on to launch various local titles including Rayleigh Times, The Canvey and Benfleet Times and The Southend Times (ceased 2009).
[6] The group was purchased by Tindle Newspaper Group in 2008 after Michael and Shirley Guy decided to retire.
[7] Southend historian and author Ian Yearsley began his career with the Leigh Times.