The Solent Metropolitan champions the Greater Solent in three dimensions: Culture, Sectors and Living - the triple helix that makes up the region's DNA. Everything we offer serves that mission: giving visibility to what's happening here, and connecting the people and organisations making it happen.

What we offer

  • An events guide: curated listings of what's on across the region, in arts, science, technology, business and more. Trusted local organisations can be given a login to publish and update their own events.
  • Organisation listings: a growing directory of the organisations that make up the region's cultural and industrial scenes.
  • Articles and slow content: a deeper look over time, not a fast-moving news feed: positive but thought-provoking coverage of the region and its people.
  • Curated links: signposts to the best of what others are doing; we'd rather point to good work than duplicate it.
  • Connections: cross-promotion between events, organisations, articles and places, linking related things together so each is more visible than it would be alone.
  • A think tank: a home for grand ideas about the region's future, from public infrastructure and transport to the hubs that uplift what's already going on.

What we're not

We're not a site full of adverts - that market is already well served. We're independent and self-funded, which means our priority is the quality and usefulness of what we publish, not selling space around it.

Work with us

If you run events or an organisation in the Greater Solent and would like to be listed, or you have an idea we should hear then please get in touch.