Big Red Magazine

Big Red Magazine: a free local magazine, and advertising for local businesses across Leicestershire

Free to 10,000 homes since 2006
Reach 10,000 homes
every month.
66% of our advertisers
come back. There's a reason.
Not scrolled past.
Not skipped. Delivered.

Big Red Magazine is delivered by hand across thirteen areas of South-West Leicestershire. Free graphic design, no tie-in, and around two in three advertisers book again.

Book your adSee our distribution areas
10,000
Copies per issue
13
Areas covered
11
Issues a year
66%
Advertiser return rate

The August issue

Read this month's magazine cover to cover, exactly as it lands on the doormat.

August 2026
August 2026 cover
Also available

Every issue since April 2026 is on the site as a flipbook. Advertisers use the archive to show clients where their advert ran.

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66% of advertisers come back

Not because of a contract — there isn't one. They book again because the phone rings.

3 calls before I even received my freshly printed copy of the magazine!
BGM Landscapes
Advertised twice this year with the magazine and secured a £40,000 kitchen extension deal on the strength of it.
Premier Builders
It appears to be the only local magazine working for us Mike. We got over 20 responses last month.
Tinhatters, Concordia Theatre, Hinckley
Chris Clarke
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Distribution Areas→

Where the 9,850 copies go, and when each area was last delivered.

Meet the Team→

Mike, Elaine and the team who deliver it.

Contact→

Sales, advertising and editorial go to Elaine. Everything else to Mike.

Proud to support

  • Rainbows Hospice for Children and Young People
  • Leicester Animal Aid
  • Menphys
  • Spinal Research
  • Age UK