Web design in County Durham

County Durham is a big county with a lot of small businesses spread across it, and Seaham sits on its eastern edge. Durham city, Peterlee, Chester-le-Street, Houghton-le-Spring and the coastal villages are all a short drive, so I can meet most County Durham clients in person before a project starts.

Covering a wide area from one site

A County Durham business often serves a patch rather than a single town: a plumber might cover Durham, Peterlee and Seaham; a tree surgeon might work the whole county. The website needs to say that clearly, in a way Google understands, without turning into a pile of near-identical town pages. I write one honest page about where you work and structure the site so it can be found across the area you actually cover.

Durham city businesses

Durham has a different mix: professional services, hospitality, and businesses serving students and visitors as well as residents. The same principles apply, but the pages are written for those customers and the search terms they use.

What’s included

• Pages written around your services and the areas you cover
• Google Business Profile set up with the right service area
• Contact form and click-to-call on every page
• Built on WordPress so you can update it yourself

Prices start at £295, with most businesses choosing Growth at £595. See the pricing section or get in touch.

Recent work in County Durham and the North East

Treemasters Arboricultural & Forestry covers tree surgery and forestry across Seaham and County Durham. A trade website built to get the phone ringing: service pages written for the jobs people search for, area coverage, a quote form, and click-to-call on every screen size.

KPM First Aid Training is an independent first aid and lifesaving trainer based in Newcastle, delivering across the North East. A full rebuild of a dated site: custom WordPress theme, course pages people can book from, an RLSS UK training section, reviews, gallery and enquiry form, with every old page redirected so existing Google results kept working.

Both are live and shown as they are today on the work page.

Questions County Durham businesses ask

Do you cover my town?

Yes. I’m based in Seaham and work across the whole county: Peterlee, Easington, Murton, Houghton-le-Spring, Durham city, Chester-le-Street, Consett, Bishop Auckland, Newton Aycliffe and everywhere in between. For most of County Durham I can meet you in person before the quote.

How much will it cost?

Starter is £295, Growth is £595 and most local businesses choose Growth. Anything bespoke, such as booking, members or payments, is £995 and up. The price is agreed in writing before I start.

I’ve already got a website. Can you fix it rather than replace it?

Often, yes. If the site is on WordPress and the bones are sound, I’ll quote for a refresh. If it’s built on a page builder that’s slowing it down, or on a platform you can’t take with you, a rebuild is usually the better buy. Either way you keep the pages that already show up on Google, with redirects for anything that moves.

Do I own the website?

Yes. The domain, the hosting account and the site are in your name. Hosting and care is optional at £25 a month, and you can cancel with 30 days’ notice.

I only have a Facebook page. Is that enough?

It works until someone searches your business name on Google and finds nothing. A straightforward website with a contact form, linked to your Google Business Profile, catches the people who would otherwise ring the next firm on the list.

Get in touch or call 07538 227194.