The ''Woking News and Mail'' (incorporating the ''Woking Review'') is a weekly local paper, which is published in the
Surrey
Surrey () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South East England, bordering Greater London to the south west. Surrey has a large rural area, and several significant urban areas which form part of the Greater London Built-up Area. ...
village of
Knaphill
Knaphill is a village in Surrey, England, between Woking to the east and Aldershot to the west; to the south and north on the A322 – its western border – are Brookwood, and Bisley. Some of the village is on a hill, hence its name.
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in
Woking
Woking ( ) is a town and borough status in the United Kingdom, borough in northwest Surrey, England, around from central London. It appears in Domesday Book as ''Wochinges'' and its name probably derives from that of a Anglo-Saxon settlement o ...
.
The newspaper is published every Thursday and principally covers Woking and the villages of
Horsell
Horsell is a village in the borough of Woking in Surrey, England, less than a mile north-west of Woking town centre. In November 2012, its population was 9,384. Horsell is integral to H. G. Wells' classic science fiction novel ''The War of the Wor ...
,
Chobham
Chobham is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Surrey Heath in Surrey, England.
The village has a small high street area, specialising in traditional trades and motor trades. The River Bourne and its northern tributary, the Hale, ...
,
Knaphill
Knaphill is a village in Surrey, England, between Woking to the east and Aldershot to the west; to the south and north on the A322 – its western border – are Brookwood, and Bisley. Some of the village is on a hill, hence its name.
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Kingfield,
Brookwood, Old Woking,
West Byfleet
West Byfleet is a village in Surrey which grew up around its relatively minor stop on the London & South Western Railway: the station, originally ''Byfleet and Woodham'', opened in 1887. More than from the medieval village of Byfleet, the i ...
,
Sheerwater
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Sheerwater is a residential neighbourhood or small suburb of Woking, in the Woking district in Surrey, England, occasionally described as a village, between West Byfleet and Horsell. Its border is defined to the north by a gently win ...
Sutton Green
Woodham and
Bisley.
History
The first copy of the ''Woking News and Mail'' was published in 1894. It ran for 117 years, before the
Guardian Media Group
Guardian Media Group plc (GMG) is a British-based mass media company owning various media operations including ''The Guardian'' and ''The Observer''. The group is wholly owned by the Scott Trust Limited, which exists to secure the financial and e ...
decided to cease publishing the print edition in March 2011. However, the Warm Welcome Group, owned by ex-Guardian and Woking News & Mail employee Philip Davies, secured the rights to publish the paper in May 2011, and it has maintained a healthy editorial schedule since.
In October 2016, the ''News and Mail'' produced its first dedicated front page for its Chobham News and Mail edition, and saw its readership steadily increase between 2016 and 2019 at a time when other local and regional newspaper titles experienced a slump in sales.
In October 2022, the paper was sold to British multimedia company,
Tindle Newspapers, for an undisclosed sum to help strengthen its presence in the Surrey region.
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Newspapers published in Surrey
Publications established in 1894
1894 establishments in England
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