Ticker ad
The scrolling bar under the header
A short line of text with your business name and a link or phone number, running in the live ticker across the site.
Plan this placement£5per town / month
Independent local media
34 live directories / 9 counties
Be seen in the towns you actually serve.
Directory King is the home of 34 independent town guides, each with its own business directory, local guides and news. Pick a placement, tick the towns you cover and see your price before you pay.
- Ticker adverts from £5 per town a month
- One booking covers every town you pick
- Only sold where your advert can really appear
- live directories
- 34
- pages in their sitemaps
- 11,803
- local business pages
- 8,651
- Google search impressions
- 515,338
Search impressions are Google Search Console totals for 27 Jun 2026 to 26 Sep 2026, across the 13 of 34 sites measured so far. Page and business counts are read from each live sitemap.
What you get
Local advertising without the guesswork.
01
Your name on the town's own guide
Each site is a guide to one town: its businesses, places to eat and local news. Your advert sits inside that guide, on the site for the town you serve.
02
Pay only for the towns you cover
Book one town or several. Each placement has one price per town, and the discount grows as you add towns. The planner shows the exact total as you tick.
03
Honest about where it can run
A town is only offered when that advert can really appear on its site. Anything else is greyed out in the planner rather than sold to you.
04
Figures you can check
Page and business counts are read from each site's live sitemap. Search figures come from Google Search Console, and a site that has not been measured says so.
The network
One hub. 9 counties. 34 town guides.
Every guide is its own site with its own name. Start with a county, or open any town to see its figures and the real site.
Find your patch
Search every town guide.
Explore business directories, local guides and news across England, from Hampshire to North Yorkshire. Search the network or filter by county.
Showing 34 of 34 directories
North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire
northyorkshire.co
- Pages
- 2,334
- Businesses
- 2,014
- Impressions
- —
Essex
Thurrock
thurrock.co
- Pages
- 952
- Businesses
- 739
- Impressions
- —
Hampshire
Waterlooville
waterlooville.co
- Pages
- 748
- Businesses
- 609
- Impressions
- 91,796
West Sussex
Chichester
chichesterdirectory.co
- Pages
- 725
- Businesses
- 587
- Impressions
- —
Surrey
Camberley
camberley.co
- Pages
- 653
- Businesses
- 468
- Impressions
- —
West Sussex
Bognor Regis
bognor.co
- Pages
- 584
- Businesses
- 541
- Impressions
- 50,574
Greater London
Lewisham
lewisham.co
- Pages
- 530
- Businesses
- 392
- Impressions
- —
Hampshire
Aldershot
aldershot.co
- Pages
- 528
- Businesses
- 475
- Impressions
- 24,723
Surrey
Farnham
farnhamdirect.com
- Pages
- 501
- Businesses
- 379
- Impressions
- —
Greater London
Bexleyheath
bexleyheath.co
- Pages
- 444
- Businesses
- 322
- Impressions
- —
Hampshire
Gosport
gosportguide.com
- Pages
- 443
- Businesses
- 316
- Impressions
- 65,787
Greater London
Eltham
eltham.co
- Pages
- 360
- Businesses
- 247
- Impressions
- —
Hampshire
Petersfield
petersfield.co
- Pages
- 335
- Businesses
- 267
- Impressions
- 25,646
Hampshire
Eastleigh
eastleigh.co
- Pages
- 261
- Businesses
- 153
- Impressions
- 68,942
Hampshire
Fareham
fareham.co
- Pages
- 241
- Businesses
- 173
- Impressions
- 33,981
Hampshire
Horndean
horndean.co
- Pages
- 239
- Businesses
- 174
- Impressions
- —
Greater London
Catford
catford.co
- Pages
- 235
- Businesses
- 149
- Impressions
- —
Hampshire
Hayling Island
haylingisland.co
- Pages
- 164
- Businesses
- 92
- Impressions
- 15,256
Kent
Folkestone
folkestone.co
- Pages
- 138
- Businesses
- 83
- Impressions
- —
Surrey
Epsom
epsom.co
- Pages
- 137
- Businesses
- 55
- Impressions
- —
Hampshire
Emsworth
emsworth.co
- Pages
- 131
- Businesses
- 61
- Impressions
- 23,246
Greater London
Sidcup
sidcup.co
- Pages
- 128
- Businesses
- 63
- Impressions
- 29,355
Essex
Basildon
basildon.co
- Pages
- 111
- Businesses
- 28
- Impressions
- —
Hertfordshire
Watford
watford.co
- Pages
- 101
- Businesses
- 48
- Impressions
- —
Hampshire
Havant
havanthub.com
- Pages
- 92
- Businesses
- 37
- Impressions
- 27,497
Surrey
Woking
woking.co
- Pages
- 87
- Businesses
- 34
- Impressions
- —
Wiltshire
Swindon
swindon.co
- Pages
- 85
- Businesses
- 27
- Impressions
- —
Surrey
Reigate
reigate.co
- Pages
- 84
- Businesses
- 21
- Impressions
- —
Kent
Tunbridge Wells
tunbridgewells.co
- Pages
- 81
- Businesses
- 7
- Impressions
- —
Hampshire
Romsey
romsey.co
- Pages
- 76
- Businesses
- 23
- Impressions
- —
Hampshire
Clanfield
clanfield.co
- Pages
- 75
- Businesses
- 16
- Impressions
- —
Surrey
Guildford
guildford.co
- Pages
- 72
- Businesses
- 20
- Impressions
- 27,214
Greater London
Crayford
crayford.co
- Pages
- 69
- Businesses
- 23
- Impressions
- 31,321
Hampshire
Cowplain
cowplain.co
- Pages
- 59
- Businesses
- 8
- Impressions
- —
Make room for your business
See where your advert sits.
Choose a placement, then the towns you cover. The planner shows which sites can carry it and calculates your total for your selection.
A town guideIllustrative layout
Live01Ticker adYour business name, with a link or phone number
04Homepage bannerYour business here
02News feed adAdvertYour business here
03Section sponsorSupported by your business
05Category spotYour trade, featured
News feed ad
Inside the news and guides feeds
A card that sits in the run of local stories and guides, clearly labelled as an advert.
Plan this placement£15per town / month
Section sponsor
The strip between sections
Your name and a short line on a "Supported by" strip between sections of the site.
Plan this placement£20per town / month
Homepage banner
A banner on the homepage
The banner directly below the hero on the front page of the town's site.
Plan this placement£25per town / month
Category spot
Your trade, in the town's directory
The featured spot for your trade in that town's directory. One business per trade per town, so we check your trade is free before you pay.
Check trade availability£149per town / year
Availability varies by town and placement. Category spots are enquiry only; ticker adverts can be booked online. New banner, news-feed and sponsor bookings are temporarily unavailable.
From your patch to your plan
Three steps, one payment.
01
Pick your placement
Ticker, news feed ad, section sponsor or homepage banner. Each has one price per town, shown on the page.
02
Pick your towns
Choose one town, a whole county or every town that can show your advert. The more towns, the bigger the discount, and the price updates as you tick.
03
Pay, then add your details
Pay by card on Stripe. You come back here to give your business name, link and a line about what you do, once, and it is set up on every town you bought.
Straight answers
Before you book.
Where do the numbers on this site come from?
Page and business counts are read from each site's live sitemap. Search figures come from Google Search Console for that site. Where a site has not been measured yet, it says so and is left out of the totals.
Can I advertise in just one town?
Yes. Every town can be booked on its own at the single-town price. Booking more towns in one go brings the discount in.
How much does it cost?
Per town per month: ticker £5, news feed ad £15, section sponsor £20, homepage banner £25. The category spot is £149 a year per town. Book 2 to 4 towns for 10% off, 5 to 12 for 25%, 13 or more for 40%. The 50% tier requires all listed towns, which is not currently available for network placements. The page shows the exact total for the towns you pick.
Why can I not pick every town?
A town is only offered for a placement when that advert can really appear on its site. A few towns run their own payments or are not set up to show network adverts yet, so they are greyed out for that placement rather than sold to you. They are marked on the planner.
Can I cancel?
The four monthly placements are monthly Stripe subscriptions. When one is cancelled, its adverts come down.
Who runs the sites?
All of them are built and run by Dean Keating, from Horndean in Hampshire. They are independent local guides, not part of a newspaper group.
Start with the places that matter
One town. Your next town. Your whole patch.
Choose the towns your business covers and see your campaign price in the planner.