The Weston & Somerset Mercury
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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.
Type | Weekly newspaper |
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Owner(s) | Archant |
Founded | 1943 |
Circulation | 3,348 (as of 2023)[1] |
Website | www |
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]