Web design in Tonbridge for businesses that are growing
More calls and enquiries, a website that makes you look the part, and none of the technical side to worry about.
Tonbridge, Kings Hill and the villages around them have plenty of businesses in the middle of growing. I build websites that can keep up with them.
162 reviews across four sites, rated 5.0 on Google and WixGet 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 building websitesWix Legend Partner
Local knowledge
What a website has to do for Tonbridge customers
This is a busy commercial patch, with a lot of firms selling to other businesses and a lot of them growing.
The centre of gravity is Kings Hill. A purpose built business park with hundreds of companies, weighted heavily towards professional services, finance and technology, sitting a few miles from a commuter town with a castle and a working high street. Tonbridge itself runs on independents, trades and services for a well off population.
The practical consequence is that your website is often being judged by another business rather than a consumer. A buyer at Kings Hill reads your site the way they read a supplier's credentials: who are you, what have you done, can you handle my size, who do I ring. Pretty is largely irrelevant here. Credible and specific is everything.
Growing companies also outgrow their websites faster than anyone else. A site built when you had four staff stops working at fifteen, and the tell is always the same: a services page that no longer describes what you sell, and a team page three people out of date.
- A site you can update as the business changes
- Real capability stated, not vague claims
- Naming Kings Hill, West Malling and Aylesford
- Case studies with actual numbers in them
- Fast mobile pages, first looks are on phones
- A structure that survives you doubling
What it costs
What a Tonbridge website costs
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.
Custom design, hosting, SEO and small changes done for you within 2 working days, in one price.
From £800
Plus £25 a month hosting, rolling, 30 days' notice.
Taking bookings or payments through the site? That is from £150 a month on the monthly plan (card fees paid by you), or from £1,000 bought outright, plus £25 a month hosting.
162 reviews
Rated 5.0 on Google. Every one left by a real client on Google, Wix, Facebook or another public review site, where you can read them for yourself.
“Owen has been excellent. He knows that he's doing, great communication throughout and I would definitely use him again for any other projects. Thanks!”
My work
A few sites I've built
Picked from all my projects, so not only from Tonbridge. Each one has its own page with the whole story.
See all the work
What I do
What I build for Tonbridge businesses
A website that brings in work, and help getting it found on Google.
Web Design
A custom designed site for your Tonbridge business that looks professional, is fast on phones and makes it easy for customers to call. Built properly and looked after for you.
I built on Wix for years, until its limits kept getting in the way, so I now build in code, and your site can still come with an editor so you can change it yourself. I still fix Wix sites, and build new ones on Wix if that is what you want.
SEO
Getting that site found when local people search on Google and on Google Maps.
Included in every monthly plan. For a site bought outright or one you already have, Advanced SEO is from £300, one off. What SEO includes
Who this is for
The Tonbridge businesses I build for
B2B & Professional Services
Finance, consultancy, technology and legal firms in and around Kings Hill selling to other businesses. Your site is a credentials check before a meeting, so clarity, capability and named people beat styling every time.
Growing SMEs
Companies in the middle of scaling, usually with a site built for a much smaller version of themselves. The job is a structure that describes what you sell now and that you can change yourself when it changes again.
Independents & Local Services
Shops, salons, garages and trades serving Tonbridge, Hildenborough and the villages. Local search and a properly maintained Google listing do most of the heavy lifting, far more than the design itself does.
Common problems
What I see missing on Tonbridge websites
Built for a smaller company
The most common fault in a borough full of growing firms. The services page still lists what you did three years ago, the team page has people who left, and nobody has the access or the time to go and fix it.
Vague about capability
Business buyers want to know your size, your process and whether you have done this before. Sites that talk about passion and partnership instead of specifics get filtered out before anyone picks up a phone.
No mention of Kings Hill
Plenty of local sites say Tonbridge and stop there. If you serve Kings Hill, West Malling, Aylesford or Hildenborough and the page never names them, you are simply invisible for those searches.
Nobody can update it
Common where a site was outsourced years ago. In a fast growing business, a website that needs a developer and a fortnight for every small change is a website that is permanently out of date.
Not sure how yours measures up? Tell me about it and I'll look at it with you
Tonbridge web design questions
Do you actually work with Tonbridge businesses?
Yes. I'm in Gillingham, around 40 minutes up the A228, and I take on work across the whole county. The project mostly runs by call and email, and I'll come to you when a face to face genuinely helps.
Do you cover Kings Hill and West Malling?
Yes, along with Hildenborough, Aylesford, Snodland and East Malling. Kings Hill in particular is a different sell to the town centre, and your site should reflect that rather than treating them as one market.
Our site was built when we were much smaller. Rebuild or patch?
Usually rebuild, and usually it costs less than people expect. Patching a structure designed for a smaller business tends to cost more over two years than starting again properly once.
Will we be able to update it ourselves?
If you want to, yes: a site bought outright comes with its own editor, and I walk you through it before handover. Or, on a monthly plan, you send me the change and it is done within 2 working days. In a growing company either way beats a site that quietly goes stale.
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 hand built in code, 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.
Nearby
Areas near Tonbridge I also cover
I work right across Kent, not only in Tonbridge. These are some of the nearby towns with a page of their own.
By trade
Pages by line of work
The kinds of business above, each with its own page about what a website has to do in that line of work, in Tonbridge or anywhere else in Kent.
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Quick quote
Tell me about the business. I'll confirm the right plan and when you could be live.
I usually reply within a working day. Or call 01634 984929 and speak to me directly.
Let's talk about your Tonbridge website
Not sure yet what you need? Tell me about the business and I'll say honestly what would help and what wouldn't. Asking costs nothing.