About Southwark News

SOUTHWARK NEWSPAPER LTD is a growing independent newspaper group, with both weekly paid for and free newspapers that cover the London Borough of Southwark. Our two titles, the Southwark News and Southwark Weekender, are the main papers for the area, with a combined readership of some 125,000 people in a borough of 270,000. The area we cover includes Bermondsey, Rotherhithe, Borough, Blackfriars, Old Kent Road, Walworth, Elephant & Castle, Camberwell, Peckham, Dulwich Village, East Dulwich, Nunhead, Honor Oak and part of Kennington and Herne Hill.

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THE SOUTHWARK NEWS is the only paid for, independent weekly newspaper in London. It is published every Thursday and has an audited circulation of 11,015, with a readership of over 30,000.

The paper began life in 1987 as the Bermondsey News, which was run in conjunction with a press agency – South East News. While the press agency was eventually wound up, the Bermondsey News continued, moving from printed A4 sheets, to magazine format, to tabloid in 1989. At the start of the 1990s it became the Southwark and Bermondsey News before finally becoming the Southwark News.

The Southwark News was relaunched in July 2002, as a bigger paper with new sections, better print quality and with full colour throughout, whilst maintaining its strong editorial and community focus. It covers in detail: politics, housing and regeneration issues, crime and policing, education, community events, health issues and transport.

In addition, the paper covers three local football teams – Millwall, Fisher Athletic and Dulwich Hamlet. Boxing is another major sport covered by the paper, whilst cricket, martial arts and horse racing are also reported on.

The paper also has a vibrant arts and leisure section, covering local film and theatre, galleries, restaurants and bars and the borough's rich history.

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THE SOUTHWARK WEEKENDER is a free newspaper, launched in May 2004. It is published on the last Thursday of every month and distributed to some 30,000 homes and businesses, shopping and leisure centres, estate agents, bars and restaurants, galleries and offices. It is also available in distribution bins outside tube and rail stations and in high streets.


Editorially, the Weekender focuses on arts, entertainment and lifestyle, with restaurant and bar reviews, features on galleries, plays and events around the borough, shopping, health and fitness, business, kids' activities and gardening. As with the Southwark News, there are separate recruitment and classified sections, whilst the Weekender also boasts a comprehensive guide to property in the area.

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