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Greenwich News Shopper

The Greenwich News Shopper is a weekly freesheet tabloid newspaper for the London Borough of Greenwich in south-eastern Greater London, including the communities of Blackheath, Charlton, Eltham, Woolwich, Plumstead and Thamesmead.

It was founded in 1988 as part of an expansion of the News Shopper series (founded in 1965 in Orpington) under its owners at the time, Reed International, who had bought the series from the owners of the Surrey Advertiser in 1984. It’s been published by Newsquest (London) since 1996. The series’s editorial offices are in Petts Wood in Orpington.

All the News Shopper series share a common website; the link below is to the Greenwich news pages.

Although it’s fundamentally a freesheet, a very small number of copies (about one per cent) are sold through the news trade. A substantially higher number (perhaps eight per cent) are distributed through pickup points at estate agents, supermarkets and convenience stores.

It comes out on Wednesdays. An e-edition is also available on the website; registration is required, but it’s free. (For a time non-residents of the area were required to pay for access.)

  • Address:
  • Greenwich News Shopper
    Crest View Drive
    Petts Wood

    ORPINGTON
    BR5 1BT
  • Tel:
  • 01689 836211
  • Fax:
  • 01689 877823