Surrey County Agricultural Society: A Beautiful New Website That Just Works

A Beautiful New Website That Just Works

Sometimes the brief is simple: replace something old and clunky with something fast, modern, and easy to manage. For the Surrey County Agricultural Society, that's exactly what we did.

The Problem With the Old Site

The Surrey County Agricultural Society has been running for generations. Their website hadn't quite kept pace. Built on an ageing WordPress setup, it was slow, difficult to update, and starting to look its age. For an organisation that takes real pride in what it does, a website that felt stuck in the past wasn't good enough.

They needed something that reflected who they are — a respected, well-run organisation with a genuine connection to the land, to livestock, and to the communities they serve.

What We Built

We rebuilt the site from the ground up using our current preferred stack: Next.js, Sanity CMS, Tailwind CSS, and Vercel. This is the same setup we now use for all new builds, and for good reason. Sites built this way are fast, secure, and genuinely easy to keep updated — no plugins to maintain, no security patches to worry about, no developer required for day-to-day changes.

The result is a site that loads almost instantly, looks stunning on every device, and gives the Society's team full control over their own content.

Features

Board Members Section

A clean, professional listing of the Society's board — easy to update as membership changes, without needing to touch a line of code.

Beautiful Cattle Photography

Agricultural societies live and breathe their animals. We made sure the imagery took centre stage, with a layout that lets the photographs do the talking. If you have great photos, your website should show them off properly.

Simple, Trustworthy Content Management

Sanity CMS is one of the best content management tools available right now. It's clean, intuitive, and doesn't require any technical knowledge to use. The team can update pages, add news, and manage content at any time — from anywhere.

Fast, Reliable, and Yours to Run

One of the most common frustrations we hear from organisations that have inherited an old WordPress site is that they're afraid to touch it. They worry that updating a plugin will break something. They can't remember their login. They're paying someone to make changes that should take five minutes.

That stops with this kind of build.

The Surrey County Agricultural Society site is hosted on Vercel — one of the most reliable hosting platforms available. It doesn't go down. It doesn't slow down under traffic. It doesn't need babysitting. You can trust it to work while you sleep.

A Word on Grant Applications

We know that for many organisations like this — societies, trusts, charities, community groups — budget is always a consideration. We're experienced in helping clients navigate grant applications to fund digital projects, and we're happy to have that conversation early. A great website shouldn't be out of reach because of cost.

Is This Right for Your Organisation?

If you run a society, association, charity, or community organisation and your website is letting you down — or you simply don't have one worth pointing people towards — this is the kind of project we do very well.

No bloat. No complexity. Just a fast, beautiful, easy-to-manage site that represents your organisation properly and gives you back control of your own digital presence.

Get in touch with Okapi & Co to find out more.