Web design in Lewes for businesses people choose on purpose
More calls and enquiries, a website that makes you look the part, and none of the technical side to worry about.
Lewes customers choose independents on purpose, and check you online before they walk in. I build websites that make you the obvious Lewes choice.
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 Lewes customers
Lewes is the county town of East Sussex and small enough to walk end to end, and its businesses show it. Independent shops, cafés and pubs run along the High Street and Cliffe High Street, with antiques, the brewery and a growing number of studios and therapists among them. Professional firms serve the county town's offices, and trades work out across Ringmer, Barcombe, Newick and the villages, and down to Newhaven and Seaford on the coast.
People here buy local on purpose, and they check before they do. A recommendation from a friend is as likely to send someone to you as a search, and the website is where they go to see whether it holds up. A site that looks like a chain's template undercuts the very independence that brought them to you.
Brighton is about eight miles away, and for plenty of searches Google treats the two as one market. That puts a Lewes business up against Brighton studios, cafés and trades with bigger budgets and more reviews. The way through is to be unmistakably the Lewes option: name the town and the villages you cover, show where you are, and keep your Google Business Profile current.
The town also has its own calendar. Bonfire Night brings crowds from far beyond Lewes, and the summer season at Glyndebourne brings visitors to the area, so someone from out of town searching on a phone needs your opening hours, where to find you and how to book on the first screen.
- Naming Lewes and the villages you cover, not just Sussex
- Being clearly the Lewes option, not lost among Brighton results
- Booking or enquiring in a couple of taps on a phone
- Real photos of your premises, your work and you
- Opening times and timetables kept up to date
- A Google Business Profile with recent reviews
What it costs
What a Lewes 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 very helpful and speedy in the process of creating my website. He was able to get my site up and running within less than a week. Great communication, great guy overall. Highly recommend!”
My work
A few sites I've built
Picked from all my projects, so not only from Lewes. Each one has its own page with the whole story.
See all the work
Brympton House
A Grade I listed wedding and events venue site built around photography and enquiries.
Seal Sustainability
A website that explains a climate fintech platform to investors, one step at a time.
ConnectGo
A credibility-led product site for a social impact data platform.
Core³
Reformer Pilates & infrared sauna, Lewes, East Sussex. A new site, built in code, in the build now.
What I do
What I build for Lewes businesses
A website that brings in work, and help getting it found on Google.
Web Design
A custom designed site for your Lewes business that looks professional, is fast on phones and makes it easy for customers to call or book. 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
Already have a site and need it found in Lewes and the villages around it? Advanced SEO is a one-off job, from £300, one off. If I build your site on a monthly plan, SEO is already included and kept up every month.
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 Lewes businesses I build for
Independents & Hospitality
Shops, cafés, pubs and antiques along the High Street and Cliffe High Street. Most people look you up on the way, so opening hours, location, photos and, where it applies, booking a table have to be instant on a phone.
Studios & Wellness
Pilates, yoga and fitness studios, therapists and treatment rooms. The site's job is the booking: class times that are right, clear prices, and a Book button that goes straight into the system you already use.
Trades & Professional Services
Builders, decorators and gardeners covering Ringmer, Barcombe, Newick and the coast, and the accountants and solicitors serving the county town. These sell on proof and clarity: the work, the reviews, and what it costs to start.
Common problems
What I see missing on Lewes websites
Lost among Brighton results
A site that only says Sussex competes with every studio, café and trade in Brighton. If the page does not say Lewes, and name the villages you cover, Google has little reason to show it to someone searching in Lewes.
Booking that sends people elsewhere
A Book now button that opens a booking provider's page with different branding, or a timetable uploaded as a PDF, loses people at the moment they had decided. The booking system can stay; the way into it should feel like your business.
Hours and timetables out of date
In a town with its own calendar, a closing time or a class that is no longer right costs visits, and nobody tells you it happened. Whatever changes week to week has to be easy to change.
A template that looks like everyone else's
Lewes customers choose independents on purpose. A site that could belong to a chain undercuts the very thing they came to you for.
Not sure how yours measures up? Tell me about it and I'll look at it with you
Lewes web design questions
Do you actually work with Lewes businesses?
Yes. I'm in Gillingham, Kent, about an hour and a half away by car, and most of the process runs remotely, so the distance makes no difference to the price. I'll come over in person when it's genuinely useful.
Do you cover Ringmer, Newick, Barcombe and the coast?
Yes, and Brighton, Newhaven and Seaford too. The site should name the places you actually work, so Google can match you to searches from each of them.
How do we stand out against Brighton businesses?
By being clearly the Lewes option rather than a smaller version of a Brighton one. Name the town, show where you are, put your real work and your real reviews on the page, and keep your Google Business Profile current. Searches with Lewes in them are yours to win.
Can the site work with the booking system we already use?
Yes. I build around the system you already have rather than moving your customers to a new one, with your timetable and prices on your own pages and the booking handled where it already is.
What does a website actually 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
Where else I work
Lewes is the first town outside Kent with a page of its own. These are the Kent towns nearest to it; I work across the county and well beyond.
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 Lewes or anywhere else.
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Quick quote
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Let's talk about your Lewes website
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