WebOws Design

Web design in Kent, built to be found and chosen.

Custom websites for businesses across Kent, from £800. Based in Medway, working from Dartford to Canterbury, and built to bring in enquiries rather than just look good.

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★★★★★ Rated 5.0 across 160 public reviews, and a certified Wix Legend Partner

200+ projects / 10 years building / 2–4 weeks to launch

Local knowledge

A county of very different local markets

West Kent, covering Sevenoaks, Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells, is affluent, commuter-heavy, and businesses there compete on polish and credibility. Mid Kent, centred on Maidstone, mixes professional services with a large trades and home services base. East Kent, from Canterbury and Folkestone down the coast to Dover, carries more tourism and independent retail, with a university city sitting in the middle of it.

Trades businesses are a category of their own wherever they sit: plumbers, electricians, landscapers and builders live or die on local search and a well-run Google Business Profile, far more than on design awards.

We're based in Gillingham, roughly in the middle of it. That means we're close enough to meet Medway and mid-Kent clients in person, and experienced enough with remote delivery to work just as well with clients in Ashford, Canterbury, or Tunbridge Wells who we rarely see face to face.

What you get

Wherever you are in Kent

Fixed price quote before work starts
Custom design, never a template
2-4 week turnaround
Built to rank in local search
Self-editable afterward
No lock-in contracts

Town directory

Find your area

All 20 areas we cover, grouped by region.

Medway

Medway (whole district)

Serving all five towns rather than one, the umbrella page covers the district as one market.

Gillingham

My own back yard, and the town I know best.

Chatham

Three markets sharing one town centre.

Rochester

Heritage, independents and the trades behind them.

Strood

A practical, working town with less browsing and more deciding.

Rainham

A settled, residential town where reputation travels.

Swale

Sittingbourne

The mix here is different to the rest of Kent.

Mid Kent

Maidstone

Different trades, different problems, here's what actually fixes it.

Kent

Ashford

A growing town means a broad mix.

West Kent

Sevenoaks

An established, affluent market with two very different halves.

Tonbridge

A borough with an unusual amount of B2B.

Tunbridge Wells

An affluent town with a distinct business mix.

East Kent

Canterbury

Three quite different clocks running at once.

Folkestone

Three economies that barely overlap.

Hythe

A small, older and well off market that buys carefully.

Dover

A town of transit, freight and residents, all pulling apart.

North West Kent

Dartford

A young and fast moving market.

Gravesend

A genuinely mixed town with two very different customer sets.

Thanet

Margate

Two economies trading side by side.

Ramsgate

A harbour town with three separate economies.

Broadstairs

A traditional seaside town with a loyal, returning audience.

Local search

Why local search decides who gets the enquiry

Your Google Business Profile carries more weight than your website

Map results sit above standard listings and take most of the clicks for "near me" searches. A profile with recent photos, accurate hours and steady reviews outperforms a beautiful, neglected site.

Naming the areas you serve is what lets Google rank you for them

A Rainham plumber who never mentions Gillingham, Chatham or Rochester by name is invisible to searches from those towns, however good the work is.

Speed and mobile experience decide whether someone stays or leaves

Most local searches in Kent happen on a phone, often on mobile data on the move. A slow page loses the visitor before they've read a word.

Common mistakes

Where Kent businesses go wrong with location pages

Publishing one page per town with identical copy

Google recognises this pattern as doorway pages. Five pages with real substance beat twenty templated ones every time.

Claiming coverage you don't really have

Listing every town in the county when you only work within half an hour produces enquiries you can't serve.

Neglecting the Google Business Profile

For local searches the map pack usually appears above every standard result. It costs nothing to complete properly.

Inconsistent business details across the web

If your address or phone number appears differently across your site, profile and old listings, you weaken the signal Google relies on.

Questions

Kent web design questions

How much does a website cost in Kent?+

Ours start from £800, with a fixed quote before any work begins. Most small businesses land somewhere between £800 and £3,000 for a properly built custom site.

Do I need to be in Kent to work with you?+

No. We're in Gillingham and most of our work is across the county, but we also build for clients nationally and internationally.

Will you come and meet me?+

Happy to, anywhere reasonably local. Plenty of projects run entirely remotely and turn out just as well.

Do you charge more for areas further away?+

No. Pricing is based on the project, not the postcode.

How long does a website take?+

Two to four weeks for most projects, from the point we have your content.

My town isn't listed, do you still cover it?+

Almost certainly. The pages and lists here are the areas we work in most, not a limit. Get in touch and ask.

Let's talk

Wherever you are in Kent, let's talk.

Free consultation, no pressure, no jargon, just a straightforward conversation about what your business needs.

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