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Web design and SEO in Washington

Washington is a town of numbered villages, big business parks and one of the largest car plants in Europe on its doorstep. Our web design Washington work helps local firms win work from residents and other businesses alike.

Village by village

Pages that name the villages your customers live in.

Business park ready

Clear sites for firms supplying the big employers.

Commuter friendly

Fast pages for people searching on the move.

Agreed up front

Everything in writing, before we begin.

How Washington searches

Washington is part of Sunderland on paper, but it behaves like a town of its own online. Web design Washington customers respond to reflects that.

The villages

Columbia, Concord, Fatfield, Oxclose, Barmston, Usworth and the rest are searched by name, often for trades, childcare and home services.

The Galleries and the town centre

Shoppers and visitors using the centre for everyday shopping and services, searching on a phone as they go.

The automotive supply chain

Suppliers around the Nissan plant and the industrial estates win work by explaining exactly what they make and the standards they meet.

Business parks

Office and industrial units full of firms buying services from each other, usually searched for by service rather than town.

Visitors and days out

Washington Old Hall and the Wetland Centre bring families and visitors who need somewhere to eat and things to do nearby.

Commuters on the A1 and A19

A central position means many residents work across Tyne and Wear, searching from work during the day and from home at night.

Are you showing up in your own village?

We will check your website and Google profile for free and show you how you rank in the villages that matter to you.

Get your free health check

Common problems on Washington business websites

These come up again and again when Washington businesses ask us to take a look.

Saying Sunderland when customers say Washington

Residents search for Washington or their village. A site that only mentions Sunderland misses most of them.

Suppliers with brochure sites

Firms selling into the automotive supply chain need capability pages, quality standards and examples of work, not a single page.

No pages for the villages

Few local websites mention the villages they serve, even though those are the searches with the least competition.

A neglected Google profile

Old photos, missing services and unanswered reviews let competitors overtake you. Google's own local ranking guidance explains what Google looks at.

What we build for Washington businesses

Every web design Washington project is planned around the searches that bring you work, from the villages to the business parks.

  • Pages that work in a hurry. Clean, fast pages for people searching between school runs or on a break at work.
  • Capability sites for suppliers. Structured sites for manufacturers and suppliers, with sectors, standards and examples of work.
  • Village pages that rank. Pages for Columbia, Fatfield, Oxclose and the villages you actually serve, each written for the people there.
  • A complete Google profile. Services, photos and opening hours filled in properly. See our Google Business Profile service.
  • Reviews that name the village. A short message for every customer, with a nudge to mention the job and where it was.
  • Reaching into Sunderland and Gateshead. Monthly local SEO that widens where you appear once Washington is secure.

Covering Sunderland as well?

Our Sunderland SEO page covers the city, the seafront and the map results across Wearside.

SEO in Sunderland

How a Washington project runs

Every web design Washington project is agreed in writing, with the same person looking after you throughout.

1

Understand the work

Whether you serve households in the villages or buyers on the industrial estates, we start there.

2

Put it in writing

A clear page list, a date and a written quote, agreed before anything begins.

3

Build in private

The site built on a preview link that you can check on your phone as it comes together.

4

Launch and widen

Live with your Google profile in order, then local SEO to reach the villages and towns nearby.

Ready to win more Washington work?

Tell us what you do and which villages or sectors you want more of.
You will hear back within one working day.

Get a quote

Web design Washington at a glance

Web design Washington clients mostly come from these postcodes. For the wider city, see SEO in Sunderland.

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

Postcodes

NE37, NE38, DH3 (Birtley edge)

Villages

The Galleries, Washington Village, Concord, Columbia, Albany, Glebe, Biddick, Barmston, Fatfield, Harraton, Oxclose, Ayton, Sulgrave, Usworth, Rickleton and Lambton.

All within the Sunderland City Council area.

From our office

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

About 25 minutes from Washington through the Tyne Tunnel. Happy to come to you. Find us on Google Maps

Other areas we cover

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

Washington and Wearside builds

Three sites for trades and clinics working across Washington and the wider Wearside area.

Integrity Plumb website built by NE1 Web Design and SEO
Plumbing & Heating  ·  County Durham

Integrity Plumb

Built around boiler quotes, with pricing explained before anyone has to ask.

Simply Stoves NE website built by NE1 Web Design and SEO
Stoves & Installation  ·  Hebburn

Simply Stoves NE

A stove showroom that needed to beat the national chains on local searches.

Skin Renu website built by NE1 Web Design and SEO
Aesthetics  ·  Newcastle

Skin Renu

A clinic site that had to look as considered as the treatments it sells.

Ways to work with us in Washington

Local services usually start with a brochure site or the website and SEO plan. Suppliers needing a larger capability site are scoped on the call. Every web design Washington quote is fixed.

Brochure website

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

The build and the monthly local SEO together. The site makes you credible, the SEO gets you found. On a 12 month minimum term.

Local SEO

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

Everything agreed in writing. Start with the free SEO health check.

Web design Washington questions

Should my business say Washington or Sunderland?

Lead with Washington and the villages you serve, because that is what local people search for. Add Sunderland where you genuinely work there too.

Which parts of Washington do you cover?

Every village in the town, from The Galleries and Washington Village to Concord, Columbia, Albany, Glebe, Biddick, Barmston, Fatfield, Harraton, Oxclose, Ayton, Sulgrave, Usworth, Rickleton and Lambton, plus the business parks around them.

Can you build a website for an automotive supplier?

Yes. Supplier sites need to show what you make, the quality standards you work to and who you already supply. We lay the site out so a buyer can find those in seconds.

Do I need a page for each Washington village?

Not every one, but the villages that bring you the best work. A few well written pages will outperform a long list of copied ones.

How soon could a Washington website go live?

A smaller site can be live in as little as ten days once we have your content and photos. Larger capability sites take a few weeks, and we agree the launch date up front.

Will you come to Washington to meet?

Yes. We are about 25 minutes away through the Tyne Tunnel and often meet clients at their own premises.

Tynemouth Castle and Priory on the North East coast, a short drive from Washington

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 clear plan. No tech speak, no sales pitch.

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