Godalming Godalming slightly acid only freely draining sandy soil, whereas in the lower parts mentioned above it is slowly permeable loamy/clayey slightly acid but base-rich soil, which area includes the town centre itself. Surrey County Council, headquartered in Kingston, elected every four years, has two councillors from Godalming. Peter Martin, Deputy Leader of the county council and representative of Godalming South, Milford and Witley lives in Godalming. The town is divided into five wards; Binscombe, Central and Ockford, Charterhouse, Farncombe and Catteshall, and Holloway. Godalming has 10 representatives governing the Borough of Waverley, headquartered in Godalming: See Godalming Town Council website
Surrey Advertiser including the "Aldershot News & Mail" series. The Surrey Advertiser and the "Woking News & Mail" were acquired by Surrey and Berkshire Media, a branch of the Guardian Media Group. However, The Surrey Advertiser and associated papers were sold to Trinity Mirror in April while the latter title and the "Review" series are the only regional paper that remain with the Guardian Media Group. The more localised series covers the less rurally buffered north of the county and its titles are: "Surrey Times" currently refers to three newspapers: the "Guildford Times", "Godalming Times", and the "Cranleigh Times". The papers, established