Web Design & Digital Marketing in Peterborough
Peterborough is the odd one out among the places we work. It's a cathedral city of 215,000 in Cambridgeshire, but its economy looks north to Lincolnshire as much as south to Cambridge, and a lot of its businesses trade with both. Being 45 to 50 minutes from King's Cross on the East Coast Main Line makes it a place where London firms open offices and local firms sell to London.
No hard sell.
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Distribution, finance and a lot of green business
Peterborough's economy runs on distribution (Tesco's distribution centre employs more than a thousand), financial services, and one of the largest clusters of environmental businesses in the country. The Fengate area east of the city is the industrial heartland, Lynch Wood Park has been revamped as a business park, and ARU Peterborough, the city's new university, opened in 2022.
Around that are the trades, shops and professional firms of a city that's grown fast and keeps growing, plus the businesses in the market towns it serves: Stamford to the north, Whittlesey and March to the east, Oundle to the west.
What we do for Peterborough businesses
Website design built from scratch, for everything from a one-van trade to a B2B firm on Fengate. Local SEO across Peterborough and the towns around it, including the Cambridgeshire side where we don't have separate pages. Google Ads for firms selling into London and the south. Hosting and maintenance. One business per industry in Peterborough.
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Web design and marketing in Peterborough: your questions
Do you work with Peterborough businesses even though you're in Lincolnshire?
Yes. Peterborough looks north to Lincolnshire as much as south to Cambridge, and plenty of businesses trade across both. We're up the A1 in Grantham, and it's a short train journey on the East Coast Main Line.
We sell to London as well as locally. Can you help with both?
Yes. With London about 45 to 50 minutes away by train, a lot of Peterborough firms win work there. We'd typically use local SEO for the Peterborough area and Google Ads targeted at London for the services that sell there.
Do you work with environmental and green businesses?
Yes. Peterborough has one of the larger clusters of environmental businesses in the country. Those firms often sell technical services to other businesses, so their sites need to explain clearly, show proof and accreditations, and make it easy to request a quote.
We're on Fengate or another industrial area. Is local SEO worth it?
It depends who buys from you. If customers come from the city, yes. If you sell to businesses across the region, strong service pages and Google Ads will usually do more.
Can you cover the towns around Peterborough?
Yes, including Stamford to the north, Whittlesey and March to the east and Oundle to the west, and the Cambridgeshire side where we don't have separate pages.
Do you work for competing businesses in Peterborough?
No. One business per trade per area.
Getting hold of us
Grantham, 35 miles up the A1, or 25 minutes on the train. Ring 0800 699 0037 or email hello@codesky.co.uk.
Written by Jordan Heppleston, with local SEO input from Talia Rhodes.