Web Designer in St Ives, Cambridgeshire
We're a St Ives web design studio building hand-coded, lightning-fast websites for small businesses across the town and surrounding villages. From The Quay and the Bridge Chapel to Ramsey Road, Houghton, the Hemingfords and Needingworth, our local clients get a serious online edge over template-built competitors.
Why St Ives small businesses choose A9
St Ives is a vibrant PE27 market town with a strong independent-business community — and a fiercely competitive local search market. Whether you run a salon on Crown Street, a stall trader at the Monday market on Market Hill, a trade business serving Houghton, Hemingford Grey and Fenstanton, or a professional service near the Burgess Hall and One Leisure, your website is increasingly the first impression a customer gets.
We design and hand-code every site from scratch. No page builders and no bloated templates (though we do build WordPress when a client genuinely needs it). The result is a website that loads in under a second on mobile, scores 95+ on Google PageSpeed, and ranks reliably for the local searches that bring real customers through your door.
Because we're physically based in St Ives, we can meet in person — at your premises or over a coffee in town — walk through your business in detail, and provide ongoing local support that a remote agency simply can't match. We work with St Ives tradespeople, retailers, hospitality, beauty and professional services, many of whom we've helped move from slow, underperforming builds to fast, ranking-ready sites.
Plenty of our St Ives clients also serve the wider commuter belt along the A14 and the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway — Huntingdon, St Neots and Cambridge. We build local SEO around that reality, so you show up in the towns you actually travel to, not just the one you're registered in.
Industries we serve in St Ives
Built for St Ives's small businesses
- Independent retail & boutiques (Crown Street, The Broadway)
- Trades (plumbers, electricians, builders) across PE27/PE28
- Beauty & wellness salons
- Cafés, pubs & restaurants near The Quay
- Professional services & consultancies
- Tutors, coaches & personal trainers
What's included for every St Ives client
What clients say
Small businesses across Cambridgeshire trust us with their websites.
Real feedback from local trades, retailers and service businesses we work with every day. No stock photos, no celebrity logos — just honest results.
"Phone started ringing within the first week of going live. Site loads instantly on mobile and we're showing up for searches we never did on the old WordPress build."
Local trades business
St Ives, Cambridgeshire
"Honest, no-jargon pricing and we always speak to the person actually building the site. That alone is worth twice what we pay."
Independent retailer
Cambridge
"We moved from a £40/mo template builder to A9 expecting a big jump in cost — and instead got a faster site, proper SEO, and unlimited edits for less than we feared."
Professional services firm
Huntingdon
Pricing
Professional websites with no upfront cost.
Hand-coded, fully managed, and made to make small-business budgets work harder.
Monthly
£0 upfront · 12 month minimum
- Design & development
- Fully managed hosting & domain
- Up to 5 pages
- Basic text logo if needed
- Business email mailbox, set up for you
- Google Analytics & Business Profile
- Fully optimised for SEO
- Unlimited small edits & direct support
- Fully managed
Lump sum
- Design & development
- £30/mo managed hosting & domain (required)
- Up to 5 pages
- Basic text logo if needed
- Business email mailbox, set up for you
- Google Analytics & Business Profile
- Fully optimised for SEO
- +£40/mo for full management (optional)
Bespoke pricing for complex sites, WordPress, WooCommerce, and large migrations — just ask.
St Ives FAQ
Working with a St Ives web designer
Are you really based in St Ives, Cambridgeshire?
Yes — we're a St Ives-based web design studio (PE27 postcode), not a national agency with a virtual address. We can meet in person at a local café or your premises, and you'll always speak to the person actually building your site.
How much does a website for a St Ives business cost?
Two options: fully managed from £80/month with no upfront cost (design, hosting, domain, SSL, edits and support included), or a one-off build from £1,200 if you'd rather own it outright. Larger e-commerce or migration projects are quoted individually.
How quickly can a St Ives small business get a new website live?
Most 5-page brochure sites for St Ives small businesses go from sign-off to live in 2-4 weeks, depending on how quickly we get content from you. Trades and service businesses are often live within 3 weeks.
Will my St Ives business rank in 'near me' searches?
Local 'near me' rankings depend on three things: a properly optimised Google Business Profile, a fast technically-clean website, and consistent NAP (Name, Address, Phone) data across the web. We handle all three as part of every managed website plan.
Do you work with businesses in the villages around St Ives?
Yes — Houghton, Wyton, Needingworth, Fenstanton, Hemingford Grey and Hemingford Abbots, Somersham and Bluntisham are all on our doorstep, and we cover Huntingdon, St Neots and Cambridge from here too.
Can you redesign my existing WordPress or Wix site?
Absolutely — we rebuild St Ives WordPress and Wix sites as fast, hand-coded sites regularly. We migrate your content, redirect your old URLs (so you don't lose Google rankings), and typically deliver a 5-10× speed improvement.
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Ready to grow your St Ives business online?
Free, no-pressure conversation. We'll outline what we'd build, what it'd cost, and what to expect — usually within one business day.