Web Design Northwich — Founder-Led, Fast, Built to Sell
Northwich businesses get a real team, not a call centre. We are four named humans running a founder-led studio in nearby Chester, making modern Next.js websites built to a sub-2-second load target, set up for local search and designed to turn visitors into enquiries. Our Starter Website is £49.99/month with nothing upfront (12-month minimum), or £995 outright, and we aim to have it live within 14 days. It starts with a free, no-obligation consultation.
- Starter Website £49.99/month, £0 upfront
- We aim to go live within 14 days
- Free fixed quote for bigger sites
- 30-day money-back guarantee
A Better Web Design Choice for Northwich
When a Northwich business looks for a web designer, the options usually disappoint. A cheap template build leaves you with a slow, generic site that ranks nowhere and looks like a hundred others. A big city agency quotes thousands, hands you to an account manager you will never meet again, and drags the project out for months. Neither is built around your business.
Hand On Web is the alternative. We are a founder-led studio of four named people — you talk to the people who design, write and code your site, start to finish. Pricing is clear: our Starter Website is £49.99/month with nothing upfront, or £995 outright, and we aim to have it live within 14days. A bigger business site starts from £2,500; an ecommerce store from £3,500 with payments, stock management and SEO built in. There is no London or Manchester agency premium loaded on top, and every website is backed by a 30-day money-back guarantee.
It starts with a free, no-obligation consultation. We listen to what your Northwich business actually needs. A Starter Website can start straight away; a bigger build gets a fixed quote and a timeline within 24 hours. The stack underneath is Next.js 15 for speed, Tailwind CSS for clean design and Vercel or Hetzner for hosting — built to green Core Web Vitals, mobile-first and built to WCAG AA. That combination of a small Cheshire team and modern engineering is why we think we are the right call for Northwich.
Websites for Northwich trades, manufacturers and Barons Quay retailers
Northwich has a working economy, and a good site is built around it. Trades and home services — joiners, electricians, plumbers, roofers, landscapers — need a site that ranks for their trade alongside “Northwich”, shows real photos of finished jobs, and puts the phone number front and centre on a phone screen. The town's manufacturing and engineering SMEs, a legacy of its salt-industry roots, need credible capability pages, spec sheets and the kind of polish a procurement buyer expects before they pick up the phone.
Then there is retail and hospitality — the independents around the revamped Barons Quay centre and the wider town — who need bookings, menus, opening hours and an online shop that works as hard as the high street, plus the professional services (accountants, solicitors, clinics) who win trust through clear, well-structured pages. Each build gets its own page structure, schema and calls to action. What never changes is the engineering beneath it: fast, clean and search-ready, because a beautiful site that never gets found earns you nothing.
Areas of Northwich we cover
We work with businesses across Northwich and the mid-Cheshire towns and villages around it. That includes neighbouring Winsford to the south, the commuter villages of Hartford and Davenham, and the rural belt of Sandiway, Weaverham and Barnton. Wherever you trade in this part of Cheshire, the process is identical: a free consultation, then a Starter Website we aim to have live in around 14 days, or a free fixed quote within 24 hours for a bigger build.
Why a Chester studio is right for Northwich
We are based at the Riverside Innovation Centre in Chester — about 30 minutes' drive from Northwich. That is close enough for face-to-face kick-off meetings and on-site photography of your premises or work, but local to Cheshire rather than priced like a Manchester or London agency. You can meet us in person at the start and at launch, with everything in between handled over quick calls and shared previews.
What We Build for Northwich Businesses
Starter Website
£49.99/month, £0 upfront
Up to 5 pages, hosting, Google Business Profile set up and 30 minutes of changes a month. 12-month minimum.
See what’s includedStarter Website, bought outright
£995 one-off
The same 5-page site, yours from day one. Add hosting & care for £49/month if you want us to look after it.
Business Website
From £2,500
Up to 15 pages with a custom design. Fixed quote after a free call.
E-commerce and custom builds
From £3,500
Online shops, booking systems and custom features, with a fixed quote. Bespoke web apps are quoted.
Website redesign
£49.99/month or £995
Up to 5 pages on the Starter Website plan or bought outright. Bigger redesigns from £2,500.
Hosting & care
£49/month
Hosting, SSL, daily backups and updates for a site you own. Month to month, 30 days’ notice.
Get a Free Northwich Web Design Quote
Tell us what you need. A Starter Website can start straight after a short call. Bigger projects get a fixed-price quote and timeline, with no obligation. We aim to reply within one business day.
Northwich Web Design FAQs
Common questions from Northwich business owners.
Why choose Hand On Web for my Northwich website?▾
We are a founder-led studio of four named people based at the Riverside Innovation Centre in Chester — about 30 minutes from Northwich. You deal with the humans who actually build your site, get a clear price upfront (a Starter Website is £49.99/month with nothing upfront), a site we aim to have live within 14 days, and a 30-day money-back guarantee. No London or Manchester agency premium, no faceless account managers.
How much does a Northwich website cost?▾
The simplest option for Northwich businesses is our Starter Website: £49.99/month with nothing upfront and a 12-month minimum. That covers up to 5 pages, hosting, SSL, backups, your Google Business Profile set up properly, basic local SEO and 30 minutes of changes every month, and the site is yours after 24 months. Prefer to pay once? The same site is £995 outright. Business Websites of up to 15 pages start from £2,500, and e-commerce and custom builds from £3,500. Bigger sites and extra features get a fixed quote before we start. No VAT to add. Hand On Web is not VAT-registered.
How quickly can you build my Northwich website?▾
We aim to have a Starter Website live within 14 days of the kick-off call. A Business Website is planned at 3–5 weeks. E-commerce and custom builds depend on scope, and the timeline comes with your fixed quote. On bigger projects we aim to share a design mockup within 48 hours of kick-off.
Is the consultation really free?▾
Yes. The first call is completely free and carries no obligation. If a Starter Website fits, we can start straight away. For a bigger build we send back a fixed price and a timeline within 24 hours, whether or not you decide to go ahead.
What technology do you build Northwich sites with?▾
Next.js 15, React, TypeScript and Tailwind CSS, with a headless CMS (Sanity, Contentful or WordPress headless) so you can edit content yourself. Shopify for ecommerce. This stack gives you fast load times and a strong SEO foundation.
Will my Northwich website rank on Google?▾
Every site we build is set up for search: we build to green Core Web Vitals and a sub-2-second load target, with schema markup and clean URLs. That is the technical foundation rankings are built on. For active local-ranking work in Northwich and mid-Cheshire, Local SEO is £299/month with a 3-month minimum.
What areas around Northwich do you cover?▾
All of Northwich and the surrounding mid-Cheshire towns and villages: Winsford, Hartford, Davenham, Sandiway, Weaverham and Barnton. Our Chester base is about 30 minutes away, close enough for in-person kick-off meetings and on-site photography.
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Starter Website from £49.99/month with nothing upfront, and we aim to have it live within 14 days. Bigger sites get a free fixed quote. All with a 30-day money-back guarantee.