Web design
in Knaresborough.
A bespoke website for your Knaresborough business, built properly by the one person you deal with, start to finish.
Fixed price, a reply within 48 hours, and the site is yours to keep.
An independent web design studio in Northallerton, North Yorkshire. About the studio →
Proof
What building it properly is worth.
Same kind of business, built like software instead of stacked plugins. Before is the median of 10 real North Yorkshire trade sites, measured on a phone. After is this very site.
- 4.2s1.2sTime to first thing on screenhow long a visitor stares at nothing
- 2.9 MB542 KBData to loadwhat a phone downloads to open the page
- 7 scripts1 scriptOutside scriptsthird-party code that quietly slows a page
These aren’t numbers to brag about. On a phone, they decide whether the person searching for you waits for your page, or taps back to whoever loaded first, before they’ve seen a thing you make.
Services,
sized to fit.
Fixed scope · senior attention
Guide prices, where each job starts. Your fixed fee is sent by email after a free call, and that’s the price you pay: no meter, no surprise invoice.
Every build includes a month of care after launch. Ongoing hosting and care plans are optional, never a lock-in.
- Web design & build.Strategy through to ship. I design and build myself, so what you approve is what gets built, not something reinterpreted by whoever picks it up next. The site that lands is the one you signed off, with a month of ongoing care after launch.
- Strategy & sitemap workshop
- Bespoke design, yours to keep
- Hand-coded, fast, accessible build
- Brand identity.Marks, systems and the small details that turn a name into a reputation. Built to work in print, in code, on screen.
- Primary logo + variations
- Type & colour system
- A short, usable guidelines doc
- Custom web apps.When an off-the-shelf site won't do: logins, dashboards, databases, the machinery behind the front door. Built to the same standard as the pages you can see.
- Secure accounts & user roles
- A custom database & admin tools
- Booking, portal or workflow systems
Need something else? I also build starter sites, SEO audits, e-commerce and more, when the job calls for it.
See all servicesNo mystery to it. Five steps from the first call to a live site, and here's exactly what each one is.
- ListenNo obligationA conversation, a walk, the brief. One hour, no obligation.
- ShapeStrategy, voice, sitemap, first directions. Fewer options, better considered.
- MakeDesign + build in lockstep. Weekly reviews. Copy written where it lives.
- ShipClean handover, training, launch plan. Indexed, monitored, ready.
- TendCare includedA month of post-launch care included. Small fixes, first metrics, then a clean exit or an ongoing care plan.
Common questions.
Our premises don't really match the historic, tourist image most people associate with Knaresborough, does that matter for a website?
Only if the site tries to hide it. Being upfront about being a modern, practical operation based in Knaresborough usually reads as more credible than borrowing imagery that doesn't match the actual business.
How much does a project cost?
Each service shows a guide “from” price, so you can see roughly where things start before you get in touch: a website from £1,500, brand identity from £1,200, a web app from £5,000. Those are starting points, not a package price — where your project lands depends on how many pages, whether it needs logins or a shop, and how much of the writing and design is on me. The exact figure comes after the first call, once I know what the work involves. That call is free, with no obligation, and you'll get one fixed quote before anything starts, not a meter that runs.
How long does a project take?
Anywhere from one week for a starter site up to twelve for a full web app. You'll get an exact timeline before anything begins, not an estimate that slips.
Can I edit the site myself once it's live?
A web design & build project ships with a CMS: log in, change the words and images, no developer needed for day-to-day updates. A one-page starter site doesn't have one, because it doesn't need an admin panel to change a phone number. Send the change to me instead, and it's covered while your care month or care plan is running.
What if I need changes after launch?
Small tweaks are covered under a Care plan. Anything structural gets quoted first, so nothing shows up on an invoice you didn't see coming.
Question not covered? Ask me directly, no obligation.
Book a callWhy it matters here.
A technical or manufacturing business that's outgrown its original premises without wanting to lose the local identity that built its reputation in the first place.
A gorge runs straight through Knaresborough, and it's not just scenery, it's the reason the town has two almost separate economies: a medieval, tourist-heavy centre on one side, and a fast-growing tech and logistics perimeter on the other that most visitors never see.
Nothing serious gets built in the gorge itself, so the businesses actually driving growth here have quietly relocated to the other side of town, close enough to claim the name, far enough to look nothing like the postcard version of it. A business explaining that split honestly on its own website usually comes across better than one pretending it's still operating from a cottage on the high street.
Businesses that have relocated to the eastern side of town, closer to the newer logistics and technology sites, are often still closely tied to Knaresborough's identity and community, even if their premises don't look like the postcard version of it. A website that explains that honestly, rather than leaning entirely on the town's tourist image, usually earns more trust than pretending to be somewhere else.
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