Mako Digital is a local web design agency based in Wigan, building professional WordPress websites for businesses across 19 towns in the North West. Mobile-first, SEO-ready, built from scratch — no templates, no page builders, no hidden costs. Sites from £149.99.
Whether you're in Warrington or Walkden, Chorley or St Helens, Haydock or Horwich — we know your local market, your local competition, and exactly what it takes to get your business found online in your area.
A local web designer brings something a national agency or a Fiverr freelancer cannot — genuine knowledge of your market, your competition, and your customers.
We have built dedicated SEO pages for 19 towns across the North West. We know that "web design Warrington" competes differently to "web design Golborne". We know which local search terms have volume, which directories matter, and what your local competitors are doing wrong.
When you launch a site with us, you are not starting from zero. You are plugging into an established network of 114 interlinked location pages covering Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Lancashire, and Cheshire — regional domain authority that accelerates your ranking speed from day one.
Not a ticket system. Not an outsourced team. A local agency run by people based in Wigan who are reachable, responsive, and invested in the success of your website. When something needs fixing, it gets fixed — not logged and forgotten.
What we quote is what you pay. No estimates that mysteriously grow. No invoices with extras at handover. Every project is priced clearly before work begins. A one-page site from £149.99, a five-page build from £500 — real numbers, not ballpark figures.
No templates. No page builders. No sites that look like a dozen other local businesses. Every website is designed and coded specifically for your brand, your services, and the customers you want to reach — in your town, in your market.
Schema markup, clean URL structures, correct heading hierarchies, sitemap submitted to Google Search Console on launch day — standard on every build. Not extras charged separately. Not afterthoughts. Baked in from the first line of code.
Every service available across all 19 of our location clusters — built to the same quality standard regardless of where you are in the North West.
Bespoke WordPress websites built from scratch for businesses across all 19 of our covered towns. Clean code, fast loading, mobile-first, fully owned — no platform fees, no lock-in, no compromise.
From £149.99Google Business Profile optimisation, on-page SEO, citation building, review acquisition, and monthly reporting. Local SEO retainers for businesses that want to rank and stay ranked in their area.
From £99/monthSlow site, outdated design, or stuck on Wix? We rebuild on WordPress with full content migration, 301 redirect protection, and a modern bespoke design built to convert in your local market.
From £500Affordable professional websites for sole traders and small businesses across all 19 locations. Everything included — design, build, SEO foundations, handover training, and launch-day GSC submission.
From £149.99Single-purpose pages for Google Ads campaigns, specific local service searches, and seasonal promotions. One page, one goal, maximum conversion. Built to rank and built to convert.
From £149.99Booking systems, quote calculators, CRM integrations, member portals, job boards. If your business needs something beyond a standard site, we build it properly in WordPress without unnecessary plugin bloat.
Priced on scopeEvery town below has a dedicated SEO cluster — a pillar page plus five supporting service pages, all interlinked, all with full schema markup, all feeding authority into a regional network that grows stronger with every page that indexes. When your business site goes live, it connects to that network from day one.
Our home town and HQ location. The strongest pillar page in the cluster with full local authority.
Major commercial centre east of Wigan. Strong demand for professional web design across trades, retail, and professional services.
Growing market town between Wigan and Manchester. Good search volume, relatively low competition.
Fast-growing Bolton suburb with increasing commercial activity and new housing development.
Wigan borough town with a strong local trades economy and underserved digital market.
Bolton borough town with growing residential and commercial base. Low competition for local web design searches.
Wigan borough town between Leigh and Eccles. Active small business community.
Bolton borough town with a significant local business base and limited existing digital competition.
Bolton borough between Farnworth and Salford. Predominantly residential with local service businesses.
Salford suburb with a busy town centre and strong local retail and services economy.
Wigan borough town with strong trades and services sector and good local search volume.
Wigan borough town close to the M6 corridor. Small business community with limited digital competition.
Affluent Wigan suburb with growing residential and professional services base. Low competition for local searches.
St Helens borough town with a growing commercial base straddling the Cheshire and Merseyside boundary.
Major Merseyside town with a large and diverse business community. Significant search volume for local digital services.
Home to Haydock Industrial Estate — one of the North West's busiest commercial zones. Strong B2B web design demand.
Lancashire market town with active business community and strong local search behaviour.
West Lancashire new town with a large business park and wide range of SMEs. Underserved digital market.
Large Cheshire town at the M6/M62 junction. One of the most commercially active towns in the North West. Competitive but high-value market.
When someone searches for a "web designer near me" they are not necessarily looking for someone who will come and sit in their office. They are looking for someone who understands their local market, communicates reliably, and delivers a website that performs in their specific area. Physical proximity matters far less than local knowledge and responsiveness.
That is exactly what Mako Digital provides. Based in Wigan, we have built dedicated SEO infrastructure across 19 towns covering Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Lancashire, and Cheshire. We understand how "web design Warrington" competes against "web design St Helens". We know which search terms have real volume in Chorley versus Skelmersdale. We know what local customers in each of these markets look for when they find a web designer's site.
Most web designers — even good ones — will build you a strong site and then you are on your own in terms of SEO. Your new site starts with zero domain history and has to earn every ranking signal from scratch.
Our approach is fundamentally different. We have spent considerable time building 114 location-specific SEO pages across 19 towns, all properly interlinked, all with correct schema, all targeting location-specific search terms. When your business website launches on our domain or in our cluster network, it inherits that regional authority immediately — rather than waiting 6–12 months for Google to begin trusting it.
This is particularly valuable for businesses in the towns that surround our core Wigan cluster — Newton-le-Willows, Haydock, Golborne, Ashton-in-Makerfield — where the cluster pages are already indexing and accumulating ranking signals that directly support your site.
When someone searches "web design near me" on Google, Google uses their device location to serve the most geographically relevant results. This means a single page on our site — this one — can appear for that search query for anyone searching from within our 19-town coverage footprint. It also means our Google Business Profile in Wigan contributes to local pack results across the wider area.
For your business, this principle applies just as powerfully. A well-built, properly structured WordPress site targeting your town — combined with a fully optimised Google Business Profile and consistent review acquisition — is the combination that wins "near me" searches in your local market. We build the site. We optimise the GBP. We run the ongoing SEO that keeps you there.
No — and most of our clients never do. The entire process from initial brief through to launch can be handled via calls, emails, and shared documents. We are based in Wigan and cover the full North West, but the practical reality is that web design in 2025 is a remote-compatible service. What matters is clear communication, reliable delivery, and a team that is available when you need them — not one that is physically in your postcode.
That said, if you are in Wigan or a nearby town and prefer a face-to-face meeting for the initial brief, we are happy to arrange it.
The 19 clusters represent areas where we have the deepest existing SEO presence, but we regularly work with businesses across the wider North West and beyond. If your town is not listed, get in touch — we cover:
Simple, clear, no surprises — whether you are in Wigan or Warrington.
We talk through your business, your location, your customers, and what you need the site to achieve. No forms to fill in, no lengthy questionnaires. A direct conversation that takes 20–30 minutes and gives us everything we need to build the right site for your market.
A clear, itemised quote agreed before a single line of code is written. Every element listed, every cost confirmed. We do not give estimates that grow. What you see is what you pay — no matter what town you are in or how complex the build.
Built from scratch to your brand. You see progress at key milestones, give feedback, and approve before anything is finalised. We do not go quiet mid-project. You are kept informed throughout — typically two to four weeks for a full site.
Site goes live with redirects in place, schema markup active, sitemap submitted to Google Search Console, and GBP updated with your new URL. Day one SEO foundations — not afterthoughts.
Full walkthrough so you can manage your own content from day one. Optional ongoing SEO retainer to build ranking authority month by month. You are never left to figure things out alone after launch.
Straight answers about finding and working with a web designer near you in the North West.
You do not need a web designer physically next door — the vast majority of modern web design work happens remotely via calls, emails, and shared documents. What matters is communication, responsiveness, and local knowledge. Mako Digital is based in Wigan and covers the entire Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Lancashire, and Cheshire area. We understand the local market, the local competition, and the local search landscape in every town we work in. For most clients, we never need to meet in person to deliver an outstanding result.
We cover the full North West region from our Wigan base. Our 19 established location clusters include Wigan, Bolton, Leigh, Chorley, Horwich, Atherton, Westhoughton, Tyldesley, Farnworth, Kearsley, Walkden, Skelmersdale, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Golborne, Newton-le-Willows, St Helens, Haydock, Warrington, and Standish. We also work with businesses across Salford, Manchester, Preston, Southport, Liverpool, and anywhere else in the North West where a business needs a properly built website.
A one-page WordPress website starts from £149.99. A five-page small business site starts from around £500. All prices are fixed and agreed before any work begins — no estimates that grow and no surprise invoices at handover. We are transparent about pricing because we believe local businesses deserve to know exactly what they are getting before they commit.
A local web designer understands your market, your competition, and your customers in a way a national agency working from a template cannot. We know that "web design Wigan" competes differently from "web design Warrington". We know which local directories matter, which local search terms have real volume, and how the local business landscape is structured. We are also reachable — not a ticket system or an outsourced team. You get a real person who knows your town.
A one-page site is typically live within five to seven working days. A five-page small business site takes two to four weeks. Larger or more complex builds are scoped individually with a clear timeline agreed before we start. We do not go quiet mid-project.
Every site we build has SEO foundations built in as standard — correct title tags, meta descriptions, schema markup, clean URL structure, fast load times, and a sitemap submitted to Google Search Console on launch day. For sustained local ranking, particularly in larger towns, we offer ongoing local SEO retainers from £99 per month covering Google Business Profile management, citation building, review acquisition, and monthly reporting.
Yes. We regularly rebuild sites from Wix, Squarespace, GoDaddy, and outdated WordPress installs. Full content migration, 301 redirects to protect existing rankings, SEO improvement, and a bespoke new WordPress build. You end up on a platform you own with no platform fees and far stronger SEO capabilities than any website builder can provide.
Yes. We offer full local SEO retainers covering Google Business Profile optimisation, on-page SEO, citation building across local and national directories, review acquisition workflows, and monthly ranking reports. Web design and local SEO work best together — a properly built site with consistent ongoing SEO is the most effective long-term strategy for winning local customers across any of the 19 towns in our coverage area.
Three things. First, we build everything from scratch on WordPress — no templates, no page builders, no sites that look identical to a dozen local competitors. Second, we have 19 established location clusters with 114 pages of SEO content already indexing across the region — your new site plugs into that authority network from day one. Third, we are a fixed-price agency — what we quote is what you pay, with no estimates that grow and no surprises at the end.
Absolutely. A one-page WordPress site from £149.99, properly built and submitted to Google, will appear in local searches within weeks and generate enquiries for years. Most sole traders in our coverage area are either invisible online, on a slow Wix site that does not rank, or sharing a page on a directory. A clean, fast, well-structured website with your own domain is still one of the highest-return investments a local business can make.
Yes. The 19 clusters represent areas where we have the most established SEO presence, but we work with businesses anywhere across the North West and beyond. If your town is not listed, get in touch — we cover the full region and regularly work with clients in Salford, Manchester, Preston, Southport, Runcorn, Widnes, Winsford, and across Cheshire, Lancashire, and Merseyside.
Get in touch for a straight conversation and a clear quote. No obligation, no hard sell, no vague estimates. We cover 19 towns across the North West — wherever you are, we can build you a site that performs in your local market.
Based in Wigan • Covering Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Lancashire & Cheshire • Sites from £149.99
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