The Weston & Somerset Mercury

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.[1]

It has won the Newspaper Society's Community Newspaper of the year award numerous times, most recently in 2007 and 2008.[2][3]

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.[1]

References
  1. "Weston & Somerset Mercury". British Newspapers Online. Retrieved 2009-04-02.
  2. "Chairman's Statement 2008" (PDF). Archant. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
  3. "All the editorial winners, runners-up and nominees from the Newspaper Society's regional press awards". Hold the front page. Retrieved 5 September 2011.


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