Web design in Cambridge.
Bespoke web design for Cambridge small businesses, charities and independents — built by one designer, twenty minutes north of the city. From the indie shop on Mill Road to the consultancy off Hills Road, the same person designs the site, writes the code, and answers your emails personally.
and growing every year
A small city, quietly competitive.
Cambridge is the most-searched city in the East of England for almost every business term you can name. Which means the bar for a website that actually rises to the top is genuinely high — and the room for a slow, dated, generic site is genuinely zero.
Cambridge isn't one market — it's several. The university and its spinoffs. The independent shops on Mill Road, Magdalene Street, Bridge Street. The hospitality on the river. The professional services along Hills Road. The biotech corridor heading out to Cherry Hinton and the Science Park. Each one searches differently, behaves differently, and needs a website that respects that.
For most Cambridge small businesses, the brief is the same: be findable for what you actually sell, look like the kind of place a customer would happily walk into, and convert that visit into a booking, a sale, or a phone call. None of which a fifty-quid template will do for you.
Lord Knows is twenty minutes north in Littleport, just outside Ely. Most of the work happens remotely on Zoom — saves everyone time — though there's usually a coffee in the diary if you'd rather meet in person at one of the cafes off King's Parade.
businesses choose Lord Knows
Three reasons local matters.
There are plenty of agencies in the centre of Cambridge that will charge you twice as much for the same kind of work. Three reasons to consider the alternative.
One person who answers you.
No accounts manager. No project coordinator. No agency layer between you and the work. The same person who designs your site is the person you email when something needs changing, with a reply the same day.
01Local SEO built in.
Google Business Profile, local schema, citations across UK directories, Cambridge-specific keyword research — baked into the site from day one, not bolted on at the end as a separate retainer.
02Cambridgeshire prices, Cambridge-grade work.
You're not paying for an agency overhead. Honest fixed prices, agreed in writing before any work begins. From £1,700 for a small business site, no upsells.
03and surrounds
Recent work for Cambridge businesses.
A small selection of websites built and looked-after for Cambridge-based clients — from independent shops to local services. The full archive lives on the portfolio page.
Creativity and expert technical knowledge — and he takes the time to understand what his clients want.
kick-off to going live
How a Cambridge project unfolds.
Same four steps for every client — whether you're a shop on Trinity Street or a consultancy in the Science Park. Fixed price, fixed timeline, no surprises.
Discover
20 minutes · freeCoffee in Cambridge or a Zoom — you choose. We get into your business, your customers, and what success actually looks like.
Plan
Week 1A written proposal: fixed price, fixed timeline, sitemap, tech stack. Sign it or don't — no obligation either way.
Build
Weeks 2–5Design, content, development, SEO setup. Weekly check-ins so there's no radio silence. Real pages on real domains, not Photoshop mockups.
Launch & care
Week 6 onwardsWe go live together. Training included. Ongoing care plan keeps the site fast, safe and ranking — for as long as you want.
Cambridge web design, plainly answered.
The questions every first call from a Cambridge business starts with. If yours isn't here, send it across — I'll answer plainly, not in sales talk.
Do you actually visit clients in Cambridge, or is it all remote?+
How much does a Cambridge website cost?+
Will my site rank locally for Cambridge searches?+
Can you work with Cambridge-area charities and not-for-profits?+
What about WooCommerce / online shops in Cambridge?+
Let's have a conversation.
Twenty minutes on Calendly — no obligation. Or send a message and I'll come back the same day, Monday to Friday.
One small ask — the call works best when you've a real project in mind, so we can make the most of the twenty minutes. Same-day reply, Monday to Friday — I look forward to it.