The ''Woking News and Mail'' is a weekly local paper, published in the

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village of

Knaphill Knaphill is a village in Surrey, England, between Woking to the east and Farnborough 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 na ...

Woking Woking ( ) is a town and borough status in the United Kingdom, borough in north-west Surrey, England, around from central London. It appears in Domesday Book as ''Wochinges'', and its name probably derives from that of a Anglo-Saxon settleme ...

. The newspaper is published every Thursday and principally covers Woking and the villages of

Horsell Horsell is a village in the borough of Borough of Woking, 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 ...

Chobham Chobham is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Surrey Heath, 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 ...

, Knaphill, Kingfield, Brookwood,

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 ...

, Sheerwater, Sutton Green, Woodham and Bisley.

History

The ''Woking News and Mail'' has its origins in two local newspapers, launched at the end of the 19th century. The ''Woking News'' was first published on 19 October 1894 from its premises at 52 Chertsey Road, Woking. The ''Woking Mail'' followed less than a year later on 7 September 1895. The two titles were later combined into a single publication. In 1964, the

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-based ''

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'' purchased the ''Woking News and Mail''. The first dedicated edition for

was published the same year and the

Byfleet Byfleet is a village in Surrey, England. It is located in the far east of the borough of Woking, around east of West Byfleet, from which it is separated by the M25 motorway and the Wey Navigation. The village is of medieval origin. Its win ...

edition started in 1969. In 1979, the ''Woking News and Mail'' was sold to the Scott Trust, part of ''

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'' and ''

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'' group. In 2011, the

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decided to cease the publication of the print edition and the final ''Woking News and Mail'' was produced on 17 March of that year. In May 2011, the Warm Welcome Group, owned by ex-''Guardian'' and ''Woking News and Mail'' employee, Philip Davies, secured the rights to publish the paper. It has maintained a healthy editorial schedule since. In October 2016, the revived ''News and Mail'' produced its first dedicated front page for its Chobham 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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