The Weston & Somerset Mercury

The Weston, Worle & Somerset Mercury
TypeWeekly newspaper
Owner(s)Archant
Founded1943
Circulation3,348 (as of 2023)[1]
Websitethewestonmercury.co.uk

The Weston, Worle & Somerset Mercury is a weekly paid for newspaper that covers Weston-super-Mare and the surrounding areas of Somerset and North Somerset in England. The Weston Mercury was established 1 April 1843 and was family-owned for much of its history. The Somerset Mercury is a regional edition of The Weston & Somerset Mercury which covers the Cheddar and Axbridge area of Somerset.

It is now owned by publishing company Archant.[2]

It has won the Newspaper Society's Community Newspaper of the year award numerous times, most recently in 2007 and 2008.[3][4]

Its office is in the heart of Weston town centre. Also based in the Weston office is the Mercury's sister paper, the North Somerset Times, and the Midweek Mercury, a free weekly newspaper which incorporates the former free advert paper Admag.[2]

References

  1. ^ "The Weston, Worle & Somerset Mercury". Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK). 21 February 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Weston & Somerset Mercury". British Newspapers Online. 1 November 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Chairman's Statement 2008" (PDF). Archant. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 May 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  4. ^ "What we have written about Weston & Somerset Mercury". Hold the front page. Retrieved 5 September 2011.


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