Web design in Southend-on-Sea
Looking for web design in Southend? Our studio is on London Road in Westcliff, ten minutes from the high street, and since 2016 we have built websites for businesses across the borough that bring in more sales and leads. Everything is designed, written and built in-house, by people you can sit down with.
Businesses in and around Southend we have helped grow online
A few of the businesses close to home we have worked with. Some trade from a single address in the borough, others sell across the country from here, and every one of them started with a conversation rather than a form.
The Arlington Ballroom
Roaring twenties ballroom and restaurant in Southend-on-Sea
CHC Aesthetics
Doctor-led aesthetics clinic
The Rayleigh Club
Wedding and golf resort, twenty minutes up the road
Battlesbridge Horse and Country
Equestrian and country store with a busy online shop
Where we work
Web design for businesses across the Southend borough
Our studio is on London Road in Westcliff, so wherever you are in Southend we are only a few minutes away. We are a short walk from Westcliff station on the c2c line, with the A127, the A13 and London Southend Airport all about fifteen minutes by car, so getting to us is easy from anywhere in the borough or further out. That keeps a project simple: kick-off meetings in person, a walk-through before launch, and someone who can come to you if anything needs sorting once the site is live.
Being local also means we know how people here search. A clinic in Leigh, a restaurant on the seafront and a trade supplier near the airport are found in different ways, and we plan each site around that from the start. Plenty of our Southend clients sell well beyond the borough, and the same thinking works there too.
Areas we cover
- Westcliff-on-Sea
- Leigh-on-Sea
- Chalkwell
- Thorpe Bay
- Shoeburyness
- Prittlewell
- Eastwood
- Southchurch
- Rochford
- Hadleigh
- All of Essex
The studio
Gibraltar House, 539-543 London Road, Westcliff-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea SS0 9LJ
01702 416431
Open Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5pm
Websites built around your business
Southend businesses come to us for three kinds of website, each built around one clear goal. Pick the one that fits yours.
Ecommerce websites
Sell more, retain more and give your customers a store they actually enjoy buying from. Ecommerce is what we’re known for, and it shows in the results.
Ecommerce websites →
Lead generation websites
Get more enquiries and better quality leads with a website that works as hard as your sales team. The right people, finding you, at the right time.
Lead generation websites →
Membership websites
Build a community, grow recurring revenue and keep customers coming back. Ideal for membership and e-learning businesses looking to scale what they’ve built.
Membership websites →
What our clients say about working with us
Sarah Aspinall
Breaking Ballet
“We have seen great work from the team at designbox. From WordPress development to liaising with our in-house and remote dev teams, to paid search, the results have been great. I would highly recommend them.”
Kim Waller
Lick Library
“I have been working with designbox for the past two years and have always had exceptional customer service and support. We used them initially to redesign our website. The work is always delivered to the highest standard and the team are fantastic. Highly recommend.”
Emily Bryant
Amberjack
Nicole Osborne
Wunderstars
“Great hands-on service from start to finish. From idea generation, logo and branding through to a functioning website, the team were always on hand with suggestions and high quality implementation. Would happily recommend to all.”
Richard Combs
Intrinsic Capital
“designbox have been brilliant in supporting us in both marketing and web development. The team have been reliable and efficient in everything they have done for us.”
Esther Smith
Battlesbridge Horse & Country
Tommie Hession-Harris
Player Path
“designbox have been a huge support for me and my business for the past five years. Their up-to-date knowledge of digital design, marketing and the tech industry itself is fantastic, and I would recommend them to anyone.”
Samantha Wells
Tern Heads
“We are absolutely delighted with the service we receive from designbox, who manage my website and SEO among other things. They have helped us to grow the business over the last few years with a website to be proud of and a steady stream of new clients. Would highly recommend.”
Penny Hawker
CHC Aesthetics
Dale Harris
Greenoak Concept & Design
“Very helpful and professional company with some of the most friendly and talented staff I’ve met. They made us a beautiful website and have been cooperative with any assistance that we’ve needed since. Would highly recommend!”
Danny Whitefoord
Chiltern Co
“We have been working with Brandon and the team for the last few years and are very happy with their work. Brandon is very responsive and easy to work with.”
Tom Billings
Beach Equity
Kirsty Pile
KA Naturals
“Excellent service, highly professional staff who are all more than happy to give an extensive insight into online marketing campaigns in a digestible, understandable presentation. We have since moved all of my online marketing over to designbox across multiple companies.”
Robert Foster-Jones
Sunshine Co
“designbox completely saved my website and have created a completely unique website tailored to my needs. The support is second to none, nothing is ever too much to ask, and they go above and beyond to provide solutions or meet my design requirements. I have had nothing but great feedback from customers and the team are always at the end of the phone if we have any queries.”
Daisy Lethbridge
Mermaids Swimwear
Why Southend businesses choose designbox
Straight answers on why local companies pick us and stay with us.
Ten minutes from Southend high street
Our studio is on London Road in Westcliff, so a meeting is a short drive or a walk from most of the borough. Come to us or we will come to you. Either way you are dealing with the people who will build your site, not a salesperson.
You talk to the people doing the work
There is no account manager between you and the designers and developers. The person who scoped your project is the one who builds it, and the one you call when you want something changed.
Built for how Southend searches
Local businesses live or die on local search. We plan the pages, the copy and the structured data around the searches people in and around Southend make, so the website does the finding as well as the selling.
Built here, trusted here
We have been building websites from Southend since 2016 and 93% of our clients stay with us year on year. Some of our longest-standing clients are a few streets from the studio.
The team behind your website
We are a small team working from one studio in Westcliff-on-Sea. You will know everyone by name by the end of the first meeting, and that is deliberate.
See what AI has to say about us
Do not take our word for it. Each button opens a live AI with a question a Southend business owner might ask about us, so you can check everything here for yourself.
Web design in Southend: your questions
Not covered here? Ask us on a quick call or drop into the studio.
Where in Southend are you based?
Can we meet before we commit to anything?
How much does web design in Southend cost?
How long does a website take to build?
Will my website show up when people in Southend search?
Do you work with businesses outside Southend too?
Do you build online shops for Southend retailers?
Can you fix or take over our existing website?
What happens after launch?
Do you do marketing as well as web design?
Web design in Southend-on-Sea at designbox
Ready to work with a web design agency in Southend?
Tell us what you need the website to do and we will come back with clear advice and a quote. Or drop into the studio in Westcliff: we are ten minutes from the high street and the kettle is never off.
