Introducing the Surrey Post

Welcome to The Surrey Post, a brand new site for high quality journalism focused on local news in Surrey.

We publish high-quality, independent journalism focused on the county of Surrey. All you need to do is join our free mailing list below to start getting our weekly briefing in your inbox, full of important local news and rigorous reporting.

You will find that we are a new kind of local newspaper. We focus on quality journalism and, unlike many other outlets, on providing the context behind the news, to help you understand what's really going on.

You won't find any clickbait or nonsense in our pages, and we will prioritise in-depth and balanced reporting, without political agenda. We also won't do annoying or excessive advertising, and our journalism will always be free to read.

Our business model is inspired by that already used elsewhere by the likes of Mill Media, the Oxford Clarion and The Ferret which provide high quality local journalism in the belief that when the quality is good then people are willing to pay for it.

We will shortly be launching a subscription service to allow people to voluntarily support our journalism with a small monthly financial contribution, and we will combine this with restrained commercial advertising, always carefully positioned to not interfere with the reading experience, to supplement our income from subscribers. Growing our subscribers will take time, but in the long run it will give us the ability to provide high quality journalism based on what our readers want.

Every week we will pick a few local stories that we think really matter, and then dig into them properly, writing in-depth articles to publish on our website, and to send to our mailing list in a carefully curated weekly email.

We hope to expand our offerings over time as a we grow, but to start with we will focusing on government and politics within Surrey, because we believe an informed public is essential to democracy. As our resources allow we will include coverage of culture, community, and social affairs news within Surrey, and in the medium-term we aspire to having regular coverage of those issues, as well as local sport.

Our first articles include a detailed look at the budget crisis facing Surrey Police, including its implications for council tax, and another on the extraordinary life of Surrey's Ethel Smyth, a queer icon, one of Britain's greatest composers, a writer, and a suffragette.

So if you like the sound of quality, thoughtful journalism for Surrey, please bookmark our website and join our mailing list: