Wherever ‘near’ is, we’re probably already there.

If you're searching from Wigan, Leigh, Bolton, Atherton, Warrington, Manchester, St Helens, Chorley, or any town within roughly 20 miles of Wigan WN3 — yes, we're local to you. Our registered office at 6 Seven Stars Road, Wigan WN3 5AT covers a 19-town corridor across Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside, and Cheshire. Most clients are within a 30-minute drive of the office. Outside that radius? We still build websites UK-wide remotely, with the same fixed-price model.

No. Most of the project work happens via phone, email, video call, and shared dashboards. You're welcome to drop in by appointment at our Wigan office (WN3 5AT), but it's never required. We've built websites for clients we've never met in person — including in Bristol and London — and the work is identical to clients down the road. Distance doesn't change quality, but local presence does mean we CAN meet face-to-face when it matters.

Google uses your device's GPS or IP address to estimate your location, then ranks results by a mix of proximity, prominence, and relevance. Proximity = how close the business is to you. Prominence = how trusted/cited the business is online (reviews, links, mentions). Relevance = how well the business matches your search query. We win on all three — real local office (proximity), 5-star reviews and authoritative content (prominence), and 19 dedicated town pages (relevance).

Three reasons: (1) Local agencies understand local search behaviour — what works for a Wigan plumber doesn't work for a London plumber. The competition, the customer language, the average customer journey are all different. (2) Direct access to the developer matters more than fancy account management — when you have a problem at 4pm on a Friday, you need someone who picks up the phone, not a ticket queue. (3) Real local agencies have skin in the game — we live where you work. Our reputation is local, our reviews are local, our mistakes are local. That accountability is missing with national agencies.

A one-page WordPress site starts from £149.99 fixed. A five-page WordPress build is £449.99 fixed. Custom multi-page sites from £749. Custom CRM and SaaS platforms from £999. Local SEO retainers start from £99/month. All website prices are fixed before work begins — no estimates that grow into invoices that surprise. The pricing is the same whether you're in Wigan town centre or Warrington — distance doesn't change the cost.

Technical fixes (schema, page speed, broken links, missing meta data) show impact within 2-4 weeks of launch. Content and local ranking improvements typically show in 3-6 months. Building competitive ranking for high-value local keywords usually takes 6-12 months of consistent SEO work. We submit to Google Search Console on launch day and prioritise quick wins early to build momentum. SEO retainers from £99/month accelerate the timeline significantly compared to sites without ongoing SEO work.

Yes — search "web design Wigan" on Google. Our own site ranks on the front page. Search "web design Leigh", "web design Bolton", "web design Atherton" — we appear there too, building toward consistent front-page presence across the entire 19-town network. We use the exact same local SEO architecture for client sites. Live examples: B-Energy Electrical ranks for "electrician Wigan" searches. RADCaT ranks for compliance terms across 10 North West locations. The proof is in the SERPs.

All 19 in our network: Wigan (WN1-WN6), Leigh (WN7), Ashton-in-Makerfield (WN4), Atherton (M46), Tyldesley (M29), Golborne (WA3), Westhoughton (BL5), Haydock (WA11), Horwich (BL6), Newton-le-Willows (WA12), Skelmersdale (WN8), St Helens (WA9-11), Bolton (BL1-7), Walkden (M28), Kearsley (BL4), Farnworth (BL4), Chorley (PR6-7), Warrington (WA1-5), Manchester (M1+). Plus surrounding towns and villages connected by the M6, M61, M60, M62 and East Lancs Road. Outside this corridor we still build remotely.

Many neighbouring towns and villages aren't hubs in their own right but are absolutely covered — for example, Adlington, Coppull, Euxton (covered via Chorley), Wargrave, Earlestown (covered via Newton-le-Willows), Rainford, Eccleston (covered via St Helens), Lymm, Stockton Heath (covered via Warrington), and so on. If your town is within 20 miles of Wigan WN3, we cover it. If it's further, we work UK-wide remotely — Brabazon Landscaping in Bristol, for example, is one of our clients.

WordPress is our default — it's the right answer for 95% of small-to-mid local businesses. Open source, flexible, well-supported, and easy to maintain. But we hand-code custom PHP templates and use no page builders, so the result is genuinely bespoke (not a Divi/Elementor template that 10,000 other sites also use). For SaaS platforms and CRMs we go further — fully custom backend systems with Stripe, OAuth, custom dashboards. We never use Wix, Squarespace, GoDaddy builders, or any locked-in proprietary platform.

For one-page sites (£149.99) — usually live in 2-3 days from booking. Five-page sites (£449.99) — 1-2 weeks. Custom builds (£749+) — 3-6 weeks depending on complexity. SaaS platforms — 6-12 weeks typical. SEO retainers — start the same week we sign the agreement. Phone us on 01942 644870 for current capacity — we run lean and don't over-promise on timelines.

Welcome — the office is open by appointment at 6 Seven Stars Road, Wigan WN3 5AT. Free parking, easy access from the M6 (J25/J26) or M61. Phone 01942 644870 to book a slot. We'll often travel to client sites in the immediate area too — Bolton, Leigh, Atherton, Warrington, St Helens — when there's reason to (site survey, equipment access, or just preference). Outside that radius we default to video call to keep costs sensible.