Web Design Lincolnshire
Websites for Lincolnshire businesses, planned and coded from scratch in Grantham by the people you'll actually speak to.
Most Lincolnshire businesses cover a lot of ground. A heating engineer in Louth works across the Wolds and the coast. A food firm near Spalding sells to buyers all over the country. A shop in Stamford takes orders from anywhere in the UK. Their websites have to do the same job everywhere: get found by the right people, load quickly on a rural phone signal, and make it obvious who to ring.
Codesky is a website design agency in Lincolnshire, based at Lindpet House in Grantham. We've designed and built more than 500 websites since 2016. Every WordPress theme is coded from scratch, with no page builders and no bought templates, and we host and look after the sites we build.
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Pages planned around the searches your customers make, in the towns you cover.
Light, hand-coded pages that don't keep a customer in the Fens waiting.
Tap-to-call numbers, clear next steps and forms that work on a phone.
What a Lincolnshire website has to cope with
A big, rural county changes the brief.
Lincolnshire covers nearly 7,000 square kilometres, with about 1.1 million people and no motorway. That spread shapes what a website needs to do, and most of it comes down to four things.
Slow connections are still common
Plenty of the county's villages have patchy mobile signal and slow broadband. A page that feels quick in a town centre can crawl on the edge of the Wolds. We keep pages light: images sized properly, no page builder code, and nothing loading that the page doesn't use.
One business, several towns
People search for "builders Boston" or "accountant Louth", not "Lincolnshire". So the site needs a strong page for each town that brings you real work, each with something specific to say. Fifty near-identical town pages with the name swapped tend to be ignored by Google.
Plenty of firms sell beyond the county
Food producers, manufacturers and online shops based here often sell across the UK. For them, the site is built around products and capabilities rather than location, with an online shop or a trade enquiry route where it fits.
Seasons matter
Holiday lets, caravan parks and attractions on the coast are searched for months before summer, and garden and outdoor trades follow the year. The site needs the right pages and offers live before the searches start, not when the season does.
What our Lincolnshire web design includes
Everything a business website needs, from one team in Grantham.
A plan before a design
We start with your business, your customers and what a good result looks like, then plan the pages around the searches people make. If a smaller job would do, we'll say so.
WordPress, coded from scratch
Every theme is written by our developers, so the site stays fast and secure, and you can still edit your own text, images and pages. See WordPress web design.
Online shops
WooCommerce and Shopify stores, with product feeds ready for Google Shopping. We took Mobiquip from about £100,000 a year in online sales to more than £2 million. See e-commerce websites.
SEO built in from day one
Page structure, titles, structured data and speed sorted before launch, so the site starts with a fair chance of ranking. See SEO in Lincolnshire.
Redesigns that keep your rankings
If you already rank for things that bring in work, we map every old page to its new home so those rankings come with you. See website redesigns.
Hosting and maintenance
We host the sites we build, with twice-daily backups, security and monitoring, and keep WordPress and plugins up to date. See managed hosting.
Lincolnshire businesses we build websites for
Different sectors, different jobs for the website.
Trades and hire
Builders, roofers, electricians, plumbers and hire firms, where the website's job is to make the phone ring. Buildable had no website; after we built one and started SEO, they get more than 20 local leads a month. See web design for trades.
Online shops
Stores selling across the UK from a Lincolnshire base. Happy Hay came to us for a new brand and shop, and now sells more than £40,000 a month.
Professional services
Accountants, solicitors, financial advisers, mortgage brokers and estate agents, where trust decides who gets the call. Tuerner & Co went from 5 online leads a month to more than 30 within three months.
Engineering and B2B
Firms found by buyers searching for a capability rather than a town. The site has to explain what you make or do, show the proof and make a trade enquiry easy. Mogensen, an engineering company, went from a handful of enquiries a month to more than 25.
How a website project works
- We talk first. A proper conversation about your business, your customers and what a good result looks like. If a website isn't what you need, we'll say so.
- We plan the site. Which pages you need, what goes on them and how people move between them, based on what your customers search for.
- We design it. Our designer designs the site around your brand and your customers. You see the designs and agree them before any code is written.
- We build it. Our developers code it from scratch and test it before it goes anywhere near the public. A project manager keeps the job on track throughout.
- We launch it. Then we can host it and look after it, or hand it over to you. Either is fine.
A small business website usually takes around two weeks from design sign-off to launch, and almost every site we build is finished within two months of starting. Online shops and sites with complex features take longer. You get a fixed, itemised quote after the first conversation, so you know the cost before anything starts.
Choosing a web design agency in Lincolnshire
Five things to ask any agency, and our answers.
- Who will design and build it? Our own designers and developers, in Grantham. Nothing is outsourced, and you speak to the people doing the work.
- Is it built on a page builder or a template? No. Every theme is coded from scratch, which keeps it fast, secure and easier to keep up to date.
- Who owns it? You do. Once the project is paid for, the website, design and content are yours, and your domain is registered in your name from the start.
- What happens after launch? We can host and maintain it, or hand it over to you. There's no long contract on hosting or maintenance: month to month, with 30 days' notice.
- Do you work for my competitors? No. We take on one business per trade in each area.
Web design across Lincolnshire's towns
We work with businesses across the whole county from our office in Grantham, and we'll come to you. If you're focused on one town, these pages go into more detail:
And everywhere in between, including Louth, Skegness, Gainsborough, Horncastle, Market Rasen, Bourne and Holbeach.
Start with a free website audit
Already have a website? We'll check its speed, how it works on a phone, how it shows up on Google and how easy it is to get in touch, then send you a plain-English report with what to fix first, and an honest answer on whether it needs fixing or replacing. Free, with no obligation.
Starting from scratch? Fill in our website design brief and we'll come back with a fixed, itemised quote. Or ring 0800 699 0037 (8am to 5pm, Monday to Friday), email hello@codesky.co.uk or visit us at Floor 1, Lindpet House, Grantham, NG31 6LJ.
Web design Lincolnshire: questions, answered
How much does a website cost in Lincolnshire?
The cost of a website depends on how many pages it needs, what it has to do, and who writes the content and takes the photos. A brochure site for a local business is a very different job from a shop with hundreds of products. Codesky gives a fixed, itemised quote after a first conversation rather than a starting price, so you know the figure before anything starts.
How long does it take to build a website?
A small business website usually takes around two weeks from design sign-off to launch at Codesky, and almost every site we build is finished within two months of starting. Online shops and sites with complex features take longer.
Do I need a web designer based in Lincolnshire?
No, but a Lincolnshire web design agency knows how people across the county search, which towns matter for your business and who your local competitors are, and can meet you in person. Whoever you choose, ask who will actually design and build the site, and whether it's coded or assembled from a template.
Will I own my website?
Yes. Once a Codesky website project is paid for, the website, design and content are yours, and your domain is registered in your own name from the start. It's worth asking any agency this before you sign.
Can you redesign my website without losing my Google rankings?
Yes. Before a redesign we record which pages bring in traffic and enquiries, keep or improve them, and redirect every old address to its new home, so the rankings you've earned carry over. Losing rankings in a redesign almost always comes from skipping that step.
Should I use Wix or Squarespace instead?
A website builder such as Wix or Squarespace is fine if you're just starting out, on a tight budget and mainly need to be online. A custom website is the better investment when your site needs to bring in enquiries, rank on Google, load quickly and grow with the business.
Do you work with my competitors?
No. Codesky only works with one business per trade in each area. If we already work with someone in your trade and area, we'll tell you on the first call.
Can I get a free website audit first?
Yes. We'll check your current site's speed, mobile experience, SEO basics and how easy it is to get in touch, and send you a plain-English report with what to fix first. It's free, with no obligation.
Written by Jordan Heppleston, Managing Director, with William Mayer, Design Lead. Other services for Lincolnshire businesses are on our Lincolnshire page.