Web design in Lancaster and Morecambe, with character.
Lancaster mixes history, students and a fierce independent streak, cafés, B&Bs, studios and practices that deserve better than a template. I build fast, characterful websites that you own outright, found by locals and visitors alike.
Small businesses, done properly.
Takeaways, gyms, accountants and trades across Lancashire run on sites I've built, rated 5.0 on Google. Everything's on the work page, no stock screenshots.
See the work →"Matt is very easy to talk to and has a high level of professional skill. I would have no hesitation in commissioning more work."
Found by locals and visitors
Two audiences, one site
Lancaster businesses serve the city and the visitors passing through to the Bay and the Lakes. Your site ranks for both, 'near me' locals and 'best in Lancaster' visitors.
Independent, like you
No agency account managers. One person builds your site, answers your emails the same day and keeps everything running.
Yours from day one
Site, domain, Google profile, all in your name from the first invoice. Monthly plans have a three month minimum, then roll monthly with 30 days notice, and it all stays yours.
Web design in Lancaster, built for a city with two economies
Lancaster is an unusual place to build for. There is the university and the visitor trade on one side, and a solid base of independent retailers, trades, professional practices and rural businesses out towards the Lune valley on the other. Those two audiences behave very differently online.
Visitor facing businesses need to load fast and answer quickly
If you rely on people finding you while they are already in the city, you are being searched for on a phone, often on patchy signal, often out of hours. Fast pages and something that answers at nine at night matter far more than a clever animation.
Trade and professional businesses need to rank for the service
For a joiner, a solicitor or an accountant in Lancaster, the money is in ranking for the service plus the place. That means a proper page for each thing you do rather than one page listing everything, which is the most common structural problem I see.
Covering the surrounding area properly
Lancaster businesses often serve Morecambe, Carnforth, Heysham and out into the Lune valley. If that is you, the site needs to make it obvious, otherwise you only show up for the city itself and miss a large part of your own patch.
Web design in Morecambe
Morecambe gets the same deal as Lancaster: a custom site from £295 to £995 with no VAT added, built and looked after by me, and in your name from day one. If most of your customers are in Morecambe or Heysham, the site is built around those searches, with the town in your page titles, your Google Business Profile and your LocalBusiness schema, rather than tacked on to the end of a Lancaster page. Seafront cafés, guesthouses and trades all need the same thing from a site: it loads fast on a phone and makes it easy to call, book or find you.
A site you own outright
Domain, code and content are yours from day one. No monthly rental for something that disappears if you stop paying.
I work with businesses across Lancaster, Morecambe, Carnforth, Heysham and the Lune valley. Happy to look at what you have got and tell you what I would change.
Lancaster questions, answered
How much does web design in Lancaster cost?
A custom website is £295 for one page, £395 for up to five pages, £645 for up to 15 and £995 for up to 30, with no VAT added and all the words written for you. It is the same price in Lancaster as anywhere else. Hosting, security and small changes are £40 a month on the Care plan, and local SEO that includes it starts at £100 a month. The site, domain and Google profile are in your name from day one. Price yours on the calculator in about a minute. B&Bs and venues that want a booking flow and photo-led design are on the same list: linking your existing booking system is £50 and taking deposits is £150.
Can you help a B&B or guesthouse take direct bookings?
Yes. A fast site with your own booking flow cuts the commission you pay listing sites, and the AI receptionist, £295 setup and from £75 a month, answers enquiry calls 24/7, checking details and booking guests in while you're serving breakfast.
Do you cover Morecambe and Carnforth?
Yes, Lancaster, Morecambe, Heysham, Carnforth and down through Garstang. Lancashire-based, working across the county and UK-wide.
What if I already have a website?
I'll give you an honest read on it, free. Sometimes it needs a rebuild; sometimes it needs speed, SEO and a Google profile sorted. You'll get a straight answer either way.
Will you build me something that actually ranks in Lancaster, or just a nice-looking site?
Both, but ranking comes first. A smart-looking site that never shows up for "your trade + Lancaster" does not bring work in. I build every page around the searches your customers actually type, set your Google Business Profile up properly, and structure the site so Google can read where you work, Lancaster, Morecambe, Heysham and Carnforth, instead of guessing it.
My old website was built years ago and I've lost the login. Can you still help?
Yes, that is one of the most common jobs I take on. I can rebuild from scratch on a domain you fully own, and where possible recover or point your existing domain across so you keep the address customers already know. You walk away owning the login, the domain and the code, with no one to chase.
What do I get for the money as a Lancaster business?
The website is a one-off £295 to £995 and includes the design, the build, a contact form and all the words. After that, Care is £40 a month for hosting, security, backups and small changes, Found is £100 a month and adds managed local SEO, and the 24/7 AI receptionist is £295 to set up and from £75 a month. No VAT is added and the site is yours whichever you pick. Every project is on the work page, and you can see how it fits the wider Lancashire picture.
Also covering Morecambe Bay
Lancaster business? Let's talk.
A free call and an honest look, no hard sell, no jargon.