How do I buy/redeem a British Newspaper Archive gift subscription?

Buying a British Newspaper Archive gift subscription

With the British Newspaper Archive gift subscription, you can give your friends the unique present of five centuries of news headlines. Treat them so that they can indulge their research passions, as they delve into over 100 million historical newspaper pages.

Simply follow these steps to buy a gift subscription for that special someone:

Visit our gift subscriptions page to view and compare our membership options
Choose the best option for the person you’re buying for and select ‘Buy gift’
If you’re already a member of the British Newspaper Archive, sign in, or register with us. Registering with us is free. Alternatively, you can purchase a gift subscription using our guest checkout option. You’ll just need to enter your name and email address
Enter your recipient’s name and email address. You can even include a personal message for them, which will accompany the gift when they receive it, so make sure that it’s special
Choose when you want us to send the gift – we can send it today or up to 90 days away. You can also preview how the gift certificate will look when you recipient gets it by selecting ‘view gift certificate’
Complete your purchase by entering your payment information. We’ll send you a confirmation email to let you know that your gift is ready to go. On your chosen delivery date, your recipient will receive a personalized gift certificate, ready to be redeemed

Learn more about giving a gift subscription

Unlike our standard British Newspaper Archive subscriptions, our gift subscriptions do not auto-renew. Your recipient’s access to paid areas of the site will end when their subscription expires. They may like to upgrade their access during their subscription, or to subscribe to the British Newspaper Archive once their subscription expires.

If the person you are buying for already has an active British Newspaper Archive subscription, you will need to wait until it ends before buying them a gift subscription. They won’t be able to redeem a gift subscription if they already subscribe, and we can’t currently transfer a gift subscription to anybody else.

If you’ve sent the gift to the wrong email address, want to change the delivery address, have not received a confirmation email, need a refund, or are facing any other issues with your gift subscription, please contact our Customer Support team and we’ll help you resolve any problems.

We can only offer refunds if the recipient’s unique redemption code hasn’t been used, and our standard refund terms will apply.

Redeeming a British Newspaper Archive gift subscription

Fantastic news, you’ve received a gift like no other. You can now browse and search thousands of newspaper titles from Britain and beyond. Without further ado, let’s get your British Newspaper Archive journey started.

To redeem your British Newspaper Archive subscription, follow these steps:

Visit our gift subscription redemption page with your unique code to hand – you'll find it in the email you received from us. You have 365 days to redeem the code from the date you received the email
If you’re not already signed up, register with the British Newspaper Archive. Registering with us is free. If you are already a member, simply log in to your account
Once logged in, enter your unique gift subscription redemption code. It can only be used once, and you won’t need to enter any billing details

Now you’re all set to start exploring The Archive and uncover fascinating headlines from history. Your gift subscription starts from the moment you redeem your unique code and ends after the specified time period.

Learn more about your gift subscription

Unlike standard British Newspaper Archive subscriptions, your gift subscription won’t auto-renew. Shortly before your gift subscription ends, we’ll remind you that you’ll lose access to certain British Newspaper Archive newspaper pages and features unless you become a paying subscriber.

To extend your British Newspaper Archive research journey, enter your billing details and subscribe at the end of your gift subscription. If you have a 12-month gift subscription, and choose to extend it into a paid membership, you’ll benefit from 15% off each time you renew.

You cannot redeem a gift subscription if you already have an active British Newspaper Archive subscription.

If you’ve lost your redemption code, not received an email, or are facing any other issues with your gift subscription, please contact our Customer Support team and we’ll help you resolve any problems.