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Cambridge · Cambridgeshire · Twenty minutes north · UK-wide remote

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.

25
Years on the web
20
Mins from the city
1,200+
Sites built since 2001
£1.7k+
Typical small-biz site
Cambridge Pianos website by Lord Knows Cambridge EVpoint website by Lord Knows Greenshoots Photography website by Lord Knows
Cambridge
"Cambridge punches above its weight."
141k
People in Cambridge,
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.

Why Lord Knows
3
Reasons Cambridge
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.

01

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.

01
02

Local 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.

02
03

Cambridgeshire 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.

03
Recent work
A few I've made for Cambridge.
04+
Cambridge clients
and 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.
Jo Evans
Cambridgeshire Chambers
Cambridge,done properly.
Process
From hello to launch day.
4–6wks
Typical brochure site
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.

i.

Discover

20 minutes · free

Coffee in Cambridge or a Zoom — you choose. We get into your business, your customers, and what success actually looks like.

ii.

Plan

Week 1

A written proposal: fixed price, fixed timeline, sitemap, tech stack. Sign it or don't — no obligation either way.

iii.

Build

Weeks 2–5

Design, content, development, SEO setup. Weekly check-ins so there's no radio silence. Real pages on real domains, not Photoshop mockups.

iv.

Launch & care

Week 6 onwards

We go live together. Training included. Ongoing care plan keeps the site fast, safe and ranking — for as long as you want.

Common questions

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.

Closer to the city centre?Coffee on King's Parade, the Eagle, or wherever suits — enquiries@lordknows.co.uk or book a call.
Do you actually visit clients in Cambridge, or is it all remote?+
Both. Most projects run mostly remotely on Zoom — it saves you the parking and saves me an hour of A14. But for the kick-off, or when you'd rather see designs in person, I'm twenty minutes north in Littleport and very happy to come into Cambridge.
How much does a Cambridge website cost?+
A small-business brochure site lands between £1,700 and £6,500 depending on scope. Cambridge prices are no different from anywhere else — you're not paying agency overheads. Quoted as a fixed price after a free 20-minute call.
Will my site rank locally for Cambridge searches?+
Every site I build has local SEO baked in from day one — Google Business Profile setup, local schema, on-page work for Cambridge-specific terms, and citations across UK directories. Ranking is earned over months, not weeks, so you'll want a care plan for the long game.
Can you work with Cambridge-area charities and not-for-profits?+
Yes — charity work is some of the best work I do. Slightly different pricing for registered charities (ask), and the same care plans afterwards. Recent charity clients have included Surgical Research and Prospects Trust.
What about WooCommerce / online shops in Cambridge?+
If you're selling products online, see the dedicated e-commerce page. Builds start at £4,800 and run on WooCommerce + WordPress so you keep ownership of the data.
Get in touch

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.

Same-day reply · Mon–Fri

Tell me about your project.

A few lines is plenty — what the business does, what’s not working with the current site, and what good would look like.

Your details are used only to reply to this enquiry. Not added to a list, not passed on. Plain English.