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Web designers in Southend-on-Sea, based in Westcliff

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.

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Local clients

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 website by designbox

The Arlington Ballroom

Roaring twenties ballroom and restaurant in Southend-on-Sea

CHC Aesthetics website by designbox

CHC Aesthetics

Doctor-led aesthetics clinic

The Rayleigh Club website by designbox

The Rayleigh Club

Wedding and golf resort, twenty minutes up the road

Battlesbridge Horse and Country website by designbox

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

What we build

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.

Client reviews

What our clients say about working with us

Sarah Aspinall, Breaking Ballet - designbox client

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 - designbox client

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 - designbox client

Emily Bryant

Amberjack

Nicole Osborne, Wunderstars - designbox client

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 client

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 and Country - designbox client

Esther Smith

Battlesbridge Horse & Country

Tommie Hession-Harris, Player Path - designbox client

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 - designbox client

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 - designbox client

Penny Hawker

CHC Aesthetics

Dale Harris, Greenoaks - designbox client

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 - designbox client

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 - designbox client

Tom Billings

Beach Equity

Kirsty Pile, KA Naturals - designbox client

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 client

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.”

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Daisy Lethbridge

Mermaids Swimwear

Why us

Why Southend businesses choose designbox

Straight answers on why local companies pick us and stay with us.

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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.

The designbox web design team together in the Westcliff-on-Sea studioA designbox team member presenting at an eventdesignbox team members talking in a client meeting
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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?

Gibraltar House on London Road in Westcliff-on-Sea, SS0 9LJ, between Chalkwell and the town centre and a few minutes from Westcliff station. We are open Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5pm, and happy to have you in for a coffee.

Can we meet before we commit to anything?

Yes, and we would rather you did. A first conversation is free and without obligation, either at the studio or at your premises. We will ask about your business and what you want the website to do, then come back with a plan and a clear quote.

How much does web design in Southend cost?

Our websites normally start from around £4,000, rising with the scope and what the site has to do. Every quote is based on your project rather than a package. If you want a feel for the numbers before we talk, our guide to how much a website costs in the UK explains what drives the price.

How long does a website take to build?

Most local business websites go live within a couple of months of kick-off. Online stores and larger builds take longer, and we set the timeline out in the proposal so you know what happens when, and tell you early if anything moves.

Will my website show up when people in Southend search?

That is the point of it. We build local search into the site from the start: the right pages for the right searches, your Google Business Profile tied to the site, and structured data so Google knows where you are and what you do. If you want to go further, our local SEO service picks up where the build leaves off.

Do you work with businesses outside Southend too?

Yes. About half of our clients are elsewhere in the UK and a few are abroad, and we have a separate page for web design across Essex. Being in Southend simply means local clients get the option of doing things in person.

Do you build online shops for Southend retailers?

We do, and ecommerce is a large part of our work. We are a Woo Pro Agency Partner and a Shopify Partner, so whether you sell from a shop on the Broadway or ship nationwide from a unit in Shoebury, we can build an online store that keeps up with the counter.

Can you fix or take over our existing website?

Often, yes. If your current site is slow, out of date or the developer has moved on, we will look at it and tell you honestly whether to repair it or start again. If we rebuild, our migration process keeps your rankings intact.

What happens after launch?

You choose. Most Southend clients keep the site with us on a care plan so it stays fast, secure and updated, and because we are local, a problem can be looked at in person the same day. If you would rather manage it yourself, you can: the site and everything in it is yours.

Do you do marketing as well as web design?

We do. SEO, Google Ads, social and email are run by the same team that builds the site, so there is one plan and one point of contact. Several local clients started with a website and added marketing once it was paying for itself.

Web design in Southend-on-Sea at designbox

designbox is a web design agency in Southend-on-Sea. We have been building websites from the town since 2016, for restaurants, clinics, venues, trade suppliers and online retailers across the borough and well beyond it. We are an Automattic Pro Agency Partner, Cyber Essentials certified, and everything we build is hosted on Google Cloud. If you want website design in Southend from people who will still be here in five years, that is us.Website design in Southend has to work harder than it used to. Most customers now find a local business on their phone, often from a map result, and decide in seconds whether the site looks like somewhere they want to spend money. We design for that moment: fast pages, clear calls to action, the right local signals for Google, and copy written for the people who search here. Stores are built on WooCommerce or Shopify as ecommerce websites, business sites on WordPress, all custom and all yours.If you are comparing web designers in Southend, the simplest test is to look at the work and meet the people. Ours is on this page and across our portfolio, and the team is ten minutes from the high street. Once your site is live you can keep it with us on a care plan, bring in SEO and digital marketing, or take it in-house: the design, the code and the content belong to you. Start with the work, then come and see us.

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.