Web design in Ashford for a town that keeps growing
More calls and enquiries, a website that makes you look the part, and none of the technical side to worry about.
Ashford is expanding fast, and so is the competition. I build websites that help local businesses stand out to the people moving in and the customers already here. From £100 a month with everything done for you (12-month minimum), or from £800 outright plus £25 a month hosting if you'd rather edit it yourself. Live in as little as two weeks.
★★★★★ 5.0 from 162 reviewsGet your site online for only £199, £99 setup and your first month, then from £100 a month. 12-month minimum. No VAT to add. SEO kept up every month.Live in as little as 2 weeks200+ projects10 years buildingWix Legend Partner
Local coverage
What a website has to do for Ashford customers
Ashford has changed more than almost anywhere in Kent over the last decade. The international station put London under 40 minutes away, the Designer Outlet pulls shoppers in from across the south east, and the housing developments at Chilmington Green, Finberry and Repton Park have brought thousands of new residents who arrive with no idea who the local tradespeople, salons or accountants are.
That last point matters more than anything else here. In an established town, most local businesses run on word of mouth built up over years. In Ashford, a large share of your potential customers are new. They have no recommendations to fall back on, so they search, compare two or three options online, and ring whoever looks most credible. If you are not findable, you are not in the running.
The business mix reflects the growth. There is a substantial trades and construction base serving all that new housing, logistics and distribution around Sevington and the M20 corridor, professional services in the town centre, and independents around the High Street and County Square competing with the Outlet for the same footfall.
The upside is that plenty of local competitors have not caught up. Sites built years ago for a smaller Ashford, no mention of the new developments, nothing that speaks to someone who moved here last month. A site that loads fast, names the areas it covers and makes contact effortless puts you ahead of most of them quickly.
What tends to work here
What it costs
What an Ashford website costs
Done for you, pay monthly
Get your site online for only £199
£99 setup and your first month, then from £100 a month. 12-month minimum. No VAT to add. SEO kept up every month.
Bought outright, edit it yourself
From £800
Plus £25 a month hosting, rolling, 30 days' notice.
Proof, not promises
Every one left by a real client on Google, Wix, Facebook or another public review site. Nothing here is a quote I chose because it flattered me.
One of them, word for word
“Top quality service provide. Great communications skills and very prompt delivery of my needs. I have no hesitation in recommending this company for your website requirements.”
Recent work
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What I do
What I build for Ashford businesses
A website that brings in work, and help getting it found on Google.
Web Design
A custom designed site for your Ashford business that looks professional, is fast on phones and makes it easy for customers to call. Built properly and looked after for you.
SEO
Getting that site found when local people search on Google and on Google Maps, and in the answers AI tools give.
From £300
What to fix
What I see missing on Ashford websites
Built for desktop, used on mobile
Most local searching here happens on a phone, often by someone who has just moved in and is looking you up from the sofa. Sites built on a desktop and never tested on a handset lose them in seconds.
Written for the old Ashford
Plenty of local sites have not been touched since before Chilmington, Finberry and Repton Park existed. If your page never names the areas where the new customers actually live, Google cannot rank you for them.
Hidden pricing
Newcomers have no idea what is reasonable locally. A guide price or a typical range builds trust immediately and stops people bouncing to the next result to compare.
A neglected Google Business Profile
With so many residents new to the area, reviews are doing the job word of mouth used to. A stale profile with three old reviews hands the work to whoever keeps theirs current.
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Questions
Ashford web design questions
Do you actually work with Ashford businesses?+
Yes, I have clients there, including Industry Parent, an Ashford-based mentoring platform for parents of child performers and models. I'm based in Gillingham, about 40 minutes up the M20, and I'll come over when a face to face genuinely helps. Most of the process runs perfectly well remotely.
How hard is it to rank in Ashford?+
Very doable. There is real search demand here, but a lot of local competitors are running dated sites. Getting the basics right, speed, structure, Google Business Profile and reviews, tends to make ground reasonably quickly.
What does a website cost?+
At WebOws Design in Gillingham, Kent, there are two ways. Get your site online for only £199: £99 setup and your first month, then from £100 a month. 12-month minimum. That covers a custom site built on Astro, hosting, SEO and small changes done for you. Or, if you want to edit it yourself, the same kind of site bought outright from £800, plus £25 a month hosting, with a fixed quote agreed before anything starts. No VAT to add either way.
Do you cover the villages around Ashford?+
Yes. Willesborough, Kennington, Singleton, Charing, Wye, Tenterden and the surrounding villages. If you serve those areas your website should say so, and I'll make sure it does.
Do you only build new sites, or redesigns too?+
Both. A lot of Ashford enquiries are businesses whose site suited a smaller town and has not kept pace with the growth. I can rebuild it or take over an existing Wix site.
Nearby
Areas near Ashford I also cover
Most Ashford enquiries come with work just over the boundary, so these are the neighbouring areas we cover most often.
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Quick quote
Tell me about the business. I'll confirm the right plan and when you could be live.
Usually within a working day. Or call 01634 984929 and speak to me directly.
Let's talk
Let's talk about your
Ashford website
Tell me what your business needs and I will tell you honestly what would help, and what wouldn't. Free consultation, no pressure, no jargon.