| Type | Weekly newspaper | 
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid [1] | 
| Owner(s) | National World | 
| Editor | Ed Asquith | 
| Circulation | 1,281(as of 2023) [2] | 
| Sister newspapers | Scarborough News [3] | 
| ISSN | 0963-455X | 
| Website | bridlingtonfreepress | 
The Bridlington Free Press is a newspaper that was launched in 1859, [4] is now owned by National World and is distributed in the Bridlington area of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
A new edition of the paper is released every Thursday.
The editor is Steve Bambridge [5] who is also editor of The Scarborough News , [6] The Pocklington Post, The Filey Mercury and The Whitby Gazette . [7]
The paper also employs a number of freelance editorial and photographic staff members.
A new independent paper, the Bridlington Echo was launched in July 2016 in competition against the Bridlington Free Press. [8]