Waterfront hospitality
Around Gunwharf Quays, Old Portsmouth and the Southsea seafront, bars, restaurants and attractions compete for visitors who are deciding on their phone. Speed, clear menus and a simple booking route make the difference.
Web design · Portsmouth & Southsea
Web design in Portsmouth, built by hand and looked after properly.
We design, build and host websites for Portsmouth businesses, from waterfront bars and Southsea independents to firms in the city's maritime supply chain. We're based along the coast in Southampton, and every meeting is a video call at a time that suits you.
How we work with Portsmouth businesses
Video calls that fit around a busy Portsmouth day.
We're based just along the coast in Southampton, but we don't come to you: every meeting is a video call. That suits Portsmouth businesses well, whether you're running a bar through a seafront summer or working shifts in the maritime supply chain, because you book the call for a time that suits you rather than clearing a morning for a visit.
- A first call at a time that suits you. Whether you're behind a counter in Southsea, in an office near the seafront or in a unit on an industrial estate, you join from wherever you are.
- See it as it's built. We share our screen on each call and send a working preview link you can open on your phone between check-ins.
- One person doing the work. Our in-house team designs and builds your site, and Marcel, one of our co-founders, leads the project.
- Hosting included. We host every site we build, so there's no separate hosting company to deal with.
Portsmouth businesses
Websites for an island city with a waterfront economy.
Portsmouth is a dense, busy city with a strong naval and maritime history, a big university and a seafront that draws visitors year round. Each of those creates a different kind of website brief.
Southsea independents
Southsea's independent shops, cafés, salons and studios usually need a site that shows personality and makes it obvious where to find you, when you're open and how to book.
Maritime and defence supply chain
Portsmouth is home to a major naval base, and many local firms supply marine, engineering and defence work. Their sites need to set out capabilities, accreditations and contact routes clearly for buyers who are researching carefully.
Student-facing businesses
The University of Portsmouth brings a large student population into the city centre. Letting agents, food outlets and services that rely on students need sites that rank for local searches and work well on a phone.
Visitor attractions and tours
With the Historic Dockyard, the Spinnaker Tower and the ferry routes, plenty of local businesses serve day visitors. Clear opening times, prices and directions turn a casual search into a visit.
Trades across the city and Portsea Island
Builders, electricians, cleaners and other trades need a straightforward business site: what you do, where you work, examples of jobs, and a quick quote form.
Concept designs
Concept designs with Portsmouth businesses in mind.
Our concept designs are fictional businesses we've designed to show our approach. These two are closest to what many Portsmouth businesses need:
Concept design · Bakery
Crumb & Co.
A warm, food-led site with menus, opening hours and ordering. The same structure suits a Southsea café, a deli or a waterfront restaurant.
Concept design · Advertising agency
Northlight Creative
A bold, portfolio-led site for a creative studio, a good fit for Portsmouth's design, media and digital businesses, many of them started by local graduates.
Prices
The same published prices, wherever you are.
Information websites start from £300, business websites from £1,500, online shops from £3,000 and web applications from £10,000. The prices are the same wherever you are, nothing is due upfront, hosting is included, and you get a fixed written quote before any work starts. Being in Portsmouth doesn't change the price.
Starting prices. Information website from £300 · Business website from £1,500 · E-commerce website from £3,000 · Web application from £10,000. Optional add-ons and our hourly rates for changes after launch are on the pricing page.
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Services and nearby areas.
Read more about each service, browse our concept designs or see the other places we cover near Portsmouth.
Questions
Web design in Portsmouth: your questions.
How do we work together if you're not in Portsmouth?
Entirely by video call. We're based in Southampton and don't visit premises, so the first conversation, design reviews and sign-off all happen on calls booked at a time that suits you. We share our screen as we go, so you can see your site as it's built, and you can check the preview link on your phone in between.
We're a bar or restaurant in Southsea. What kind of site do we need?
Usually a phone-first business website with your menu, opening hours, location, photos and a clear way to book or call ahead. If you take bookings through a third-party system, we can link it in neatly. Business websites start from £1,500.
We supply the marine or defence sector. Can you build something more technical?
Yes. Supply-chain businesses often need clear capability pages, downloadable documents and enquiry forms that collect the right detail. If you need something beyond a standard website, such as a customer portal, we also build web applications from £10,000.
Do Portsmouth clients pay the same as everyone else?
Yes. Our prices are published and identical wherever you are. You'll get a fixed written quote before we start, nothing is due upfront and hosting is included. See the pricing page for the full breakdown.
Planning a new website in Portsmouth?
Tell us about your business and we'll arrange a video call at a time that suits you. We reply within one business day.