The Westmorland Gazette is a weekly newspaper published in Kendal, England. It covers "South Lakeland and surrounding areas", including Barrow and North Lancs, and derives its name from the historic county of Westmorland. The paper is now owned by the Newsquest group, within which it forms part of Westmorland Gazette Newspapers, which includes the weekly freesheet South Lakes Citizen and other titles. It has an office in Ulverston, in addition to its Kendal base. Its circulation is about 30,000.[1] It changed from broadsheet to compact format in August 2009. The editor is Kevin Young who is also the editor of the local tabloid newspaper, The Lancashire Telegraph. The newspapers are owned by Newsquest, a division of the US firm Gannett.