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Web design and SEO in Hexham

Hexham is the heart of the Tyne Valley, a market town that serves a huge rural area and welcomes visitors heading for Hadrian's Wall. Our web design Hexham work helps local businesses reach both the people who live here and the people passing through.

Tyne Valley reach

Found across the rural catchment, not just the town.

Visitor ready

Pages that catch people heading for Hadrian’s Wall.

Patchy signal

Light pages that still load on a weak connection.

Fixed quote

Agreed in writing, so there are no surprises.

Hexham's customers

Two very different audiences share the same streets. Web design Hexham businesses need has to speak to both.

The Abbey and the town centre

Visitors to Hexham Abbey and the Old Gaol, and shoppers browsing the independents around the market place.

Hadrian's Wall visitors

Walkers and tourists exploring the Wall country, searching for places to stay, eat and visit, often from a phone with patchy signal.

The farmers market and makers

Food producers and makers who sell in person and need a way for customers to find and buy from them the rest of the time.

A wide rural catchment

Corbridge, Haydon Bridge, Allendale, Bellingham and dozens of villages look to Hexham for services, and search for them by name.

Rural and land based businesses

Farms, estates, contractors and suppliers serving the valley, where customers often travel a long way to reach you.

The racecourse and events

Race days and events bring crowds, and the businesses that are easy to find online catch the extra trade.

How easy are you to find across the valley?

Our free health check looks at how you appear across Hexham, Corbridge and the villages.
You will get a short list of the changes that would help most.

Get your free health check

What rural businesses get wrong online

Hexham businesses face problems city businesses never have to think about.

Slow pages on poor signal

Visitors on the Wall or in the hills often have a weak signal. Heavy websites simply do not load, so lightweight pages win.

Only mentioning Hexham

Customers search for Corbridge, Allendale or the valley as a whole. If your site only says Hexham, you miss them.

Seasonal information left to go stale

Opening hours, events and offers that change with the seasons, but rarely get updated online.

A thin Google profile

In rural areas the map listing does a lot of the work, and Google's own local ranking guidance shows how much a complete profile matters.

What we build for Hexham businesses

Every web design Hexham project is built light, fast and easy to keep up to date.

  • Lightweight, fast websites. Pages that load quickly even on a weak signal out in the valley.
  • Booking and enquiries in a tap. Rooms, tables, tours or quotes, booked or requested in seconds on a phone.
  • Pages for the valley. Corbridge, Haydon Bridge, Allendale and the villages you serve, each with its own page.
  • Online shops for producers. Sell between market days with a small, easy to run store. See our WooCommerce websites page.
  • Seasonal updates. Hours, events and offers kept current, or easy for you to change yourself.
  • Google Business Profile. Complete and active, which matters even more in a rural area. More on our Google Business Profile page.

Run a pub, café or place to stay?

Our hospitality page covers menus, booking and the map listing that brings in visitors.

Websites for hospitality

How a Hexham project runs

Every web design Hexham project is fixed price, and we are happy to work around the farming or tourist calendar.

1

Start with the valley

A call about your customers, your seasons and how far people travel to reach you.

2

A plan you can see

The page list, the timeline and one fixed price, so there are no surprises later.

3

Light by design

A site built to load fast on poor signal, previewed on a private link before launch.

4

Ready for the season

Launched ahead of your busy months, with your Google profile up to date and accurate.

Ready to reach more of the valley?

Drop us a line about your business and the season ahead.
We will reply within one working day with honest advice and a fixed price.

Get a quote

Web design Hexham at a glance

Web design Hexham clients mostly come from these postcodes. For the wider county, see web design in Northumberland.

Michael James of NE1 Web Design and SEO at his desk in North Shields
Michael James, at the desk where your Hexham website is designed and built.

Postcodes

NE46, NE47, NE48, NE45 (Corbridge)

From our office

Suite 2.6a, North Tyneside Business Centre
54a Saville Street, North Shields, NE30 1NT

Around 45 minutes from Hexham along the A69. Calls and video meetings work just as well.

Other areas we cover

Each area has a page of its own, written for that area rather than duplicated.

What it costs in Hexham

Most Hexham businesses start with a brochure site or the website and SEO plan. Every web design Hexham quote is fixed and agreed in writing.

Brochure website

From £2,397

Or from £197 a month. A fast, mobile first site with the pages you need, hosting and emails set up, live in as little as ten days.

Website and SEO plan

From £397 a month

The build and the monthly local SEO together. The site makes you credible, the SEO gets you found.

Local SEO

From £397 a month

For a site you already have. Google Business Profile work, local pages, reviews, on page SEO and a monthly report.

Fixed prices, agreed in writing. Full details on the pricing page, or start with the free SEO health check.

Web design Hexham questions

Can you make a website that works on poor signal?

Yes. We keep pages light, compress images properly and avoid heavy scripts, so the site loads quickly even on a weak connection out in the valley.

Can you help us show up in Corbridge and the villages?

Yes. We add pages for the places you genuinely serve and build reviews from customers there, which is how you appear in their searches.

We are a seasonal tourism business. How do we stay visible?

Plan ahead. Seasonal hours, offers and events published early enough for Google to pick up, and a profile that stays active through the quieter months.

How much does a website cost for a Tyne Valley business?

Web design Hexham prices start at £2,397 for a brochure site, or from £197 a month. The website and SEO plan starts at £397 a month. Every price is fixed and agreed in writing before we start.

Do we need to meet in person?

Not necessarily. Many Tyne Valley clients prefer calls and video meetings, but we are happy to come out when it helps.

When should we start if we rely on summer visitors?

Ideally in the winter or early spring. That gives time to build, launch and let Google settle before walkers and visitors start searching in earnest.

Let's get your website working harder

Tell us what you are planning and we will come back within one working day with honest advice and a guide price. No tech speak, no sales pitch.

Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm. Based at North Tyneside Business Centre, North Shields.