Website Design

Built Beyond the Homepage

Built with the full user journey in mind, from the first click through to conversion. Fast, accessible and easy for your team to manage long after launch.

“The new website is a huge step forward for Kandoo. It’s given us a much stronger platform to showcase our trips and makes it far easier for customers to find the right adventure. We’re really pleased with what we’ve created together.”

Sam

Co Owner & Product Director

X+

Websites designed and built

x years

Designing & developing websites

X

Industries worked across

x%

Client retention rate

The work

Clients we're proud to work with

Filter by sector. From full website builds to ongoing SEO, paid media and brand work, every project is delivered by our team in Kendal, with nothing outsourced.

Kandoo Adventures

Adventure travel & trekking holidays

Our team runs Kandoo’s full marketing function, from paid media and SEO to social, video and strategic consulting.

Ridgestone

Lake District luxury holiday let management

Built around a refined user experience, with integrations that streamline the business behind the scenes.

Discover Carlisle

Carlisle tourism & visitor guide

Carlisle’s attractions, places to stay and events, brought together under a new brand and visitor website.

Genesis Homes

Cumbrian new build housebuilder

High-specification new build homes across Cumbria, supported by paid media, video, email marketing and ongoing consulting.

Zleepy

British sleep & wellness brand

Built and launched from scratch, then scaled with ecommerce, paid media and social working together.

Penningtons Coffee

Kendal coffee roaster & tea merchant

Ordering speciality coffee and tea online is now simple for this family-run Kendal roaster.

Ennerdale Brewery

Lake District craft brewery

Craft beer online and a home for the Brewery Tap bistro, all on one new website.

Hidden Hives

Cumbrian beeswax candles & skincare

Handmade beeswax candles and skincare from a Cumbrian smallholding, now with an online shop to match.

Bendrigg

Accessible outdoor activity centre

Rebuilt from the ground up with inclusive user journeys and automation linked to internal systems.

Calvert Lakes

Accessible Lake District adventure breaks

Accessible adventure breaks for disabled people, showcased through a refreshed brand and website.

Northern Cancer Voices

Patient-led cancer support charity

Giving a patient-led charity the brand and website to amplify lived experience of cancer across the North.

Ragtag Arts

Kendal community arts & scrapstore

Scrapstore, workshops and creative projects, all showcased for this Kendal community arts space.

Heather Glen

Eden Valley guest house & wedding venue

Rooms, dining and weddings brought together for this Eden Valley guest house.

Kandoo Safaris

Tanzania safari holidays

Tanzania safari holidays with their own brand and website, built on the strength of the Kandoo name.

Realise HR

HR, recruitment & training consultancy

HR, recruitment and training presented clearly for a multi-award-winning consultancy.

Stan Sherlock Associates

Carlisle financial planning & mortgages

Established in 1989, this family-run Carlisle practice now has a refreshed brand to match.

William King Construction

Family-run building contractor

New builds, heritage restoration and nuclear work, showcased for an award-winning family contractor.

Cumbria Chamber of Commerce

Cumbria's business network

Connecting Cumbria’s businesses with events, training and support through a member-focused website.

Sustainable Duddon

Duddon Valley environmental charity

Protecting the Duddon Valley’s natural environment, with a brand and website to tell the story.

Humu

Lake District conflict resolution specialist

Conflict resolution expertise from the Lake District, presented through a new brand and website.

Lake District Hub

Lake District travel guide & directory

Brand, website, paid media and social for the Lake District’s travel guide and business directory.

Parnassus Leather

Lake District luxury leather goods

Sustainable Lake District leather, launched with a brand identity and bespoke ecommerce site.

Kandoo Adventures

Adventure travel & trekking holidays

Our team runs Kandoo’s full marketing function, from paid media and SEO to social, video and strategic consulting.

Ridgestone

Lake District luxury holiday let management

Built around a refined user experience, with integrations that streamline the business behind the scenes.

Discover Carlisle

Carlisle tourism & visitor guide

Carlisle’s attractions, places to stay and events, brought together under a new brand and visitor website.

Heather Glen

Eden Valley guest house & wedding venue

Rooms, dining and weddings brought together for this Eden Valley guest house.

Kandoo Safaris

Tanzania safari holidays

Tanzania safari holidays with their own brand and website, built on the strength of the Kandoo name.

Lake District Hub

Lake District travel guide & directory

Brand, website, paid media and social for the Lake District’s travel guide and business directory.

Bendrigg

Accessible outdoor activity centre

Rebuilt from the ground up with inclusive user journeys and automation linked to internal systems.

Calvert Lakes

Accessible Lake District adventure breaks

Accessible adventure breaks for disabled people, showcased through a refreshed brand and website.

Northern Cancer Voices

Patient-led cancer support charity

Giving a patient-led charity the brand and website to amplify lived experience of cancer across the North.

Realise HR

HR, recruitment & training consultancy

HR, recruitment and training presented clearly for a multi-award-winning consultancy.

Stan Sherlock Associates

Carlisle financial planning & mortgages

Established in 1989, this family-run Carlisle practice now has a refreshed brand to match.

Cumbria Chamber of Commerce

Cumbria's business network

Connecting Cumbria’s businesses with events, training and support through a member-focused website.

William King Construction

Family-run building contractor

New builds, heritage restoration and nuclear work, showcased for an award-winning family contractor.

Genesis Homes

Cumbrian new build housebuilder

High-specification new build homes across Cumbria, supported by paid media, video, email marketing and ongoing consulting.

Zleepy

British sleep & wellness brand

Built and launched from scratch, then scaled with ecommerce, paid media and social working together.

Penningtons

Kendal coffee roaster & tea merchant

Ordering speciality coffee and tea online is now simple for this family-run Kendal roaster.

Ennerdale Brewery

Lake District craft brewery

Craft beer online and a home for the Brewery Tap bistro, all on one new website.

Hidden Hives

Cumbrian beeswax candles & skincare

Handmade beeswax candles and skincare from a Cumbrian smallholding, now with an online shop to match.

Sustainable Duddon

Duddon Valley environmental charity

Protecting the Duddon Valley’s natural environment, with a brand and website to tell the story.

Humu

Lake District conflict resolution specialist

Conflict resolution expertise from the Lake District, presented through a new brand and website.

Parnassus

Lake District luxury leather goods

Sustainable Lake District leather, launched with a brand identity and bespoke ecommerce site.

Platforms

We pick the platform for your business, not for our convenience

Two platforms, chosen deliberately. An agency that builds everything on one thing is telling you about their team, not about your requirements.

Content-led sites

WordPress

Where you need editorial control, complex content structures and a team who can update it without ringing us. Custom themes built to your brand — not a bought template with the colours changed. Advanced Custom Fields so editing feels obvious rather than dangerous.

Selling online

Shopify

Where the priority is transacting reliably at volume, with the payments, tax, shipping and app ecosystem already solved. Custom Liquid themes, subscription and marketplace integrations, and a checkout you have not had to build yourself.

What's included

Everything in a website build

Discovery & user research

Who is buying, what stops them, and what the current site is losing at each stage.

Information architecture

Structure and navigation planned before a single screen is designed.

UI & UX design

Designed across four breakpoints, so mobile is not an afterthought squeezed in at the end.

Custom development

Built to your design, not adapted from a purchased theme.

Content & copywriting

Written by our content team, or structured briefs if you would rather write it yourselves.

SEO migration planning

Redirect mapping and URL planning so a new site does not cost you your rankings.

Accessibility to WCAG 2.2 AA

Performance optimisation

Core Web Vitals, image handling and caching configured before launch, not after a complaint.

Analytics & tracking

GA4, Tag Manager and conversion tracking configured properly on day one.

Training & handover

Recorded sessions with your team so you can actually run the thing.

Hosting & care plans

Managed hosting, updates, backups and monitoring if you want us to keep it healthy.

Ownership from day one

Domain, hosting, code and accounts all in your name. No hostage-taking.

How a build runs

Five stages, and nothing is a surprise

01

Discovery

Commercial goals, audience, current data and what the existing site loses. Two weeks.

02

Structure

Sitemap, page templates and journey mapping. Signed off before design starts.

03

Design

Key templates designed across four breakpoints. Two rounds of revision included.

04

Build & test

Development, content population, accessibility and performance testing, redirect mapping.

05

Launch & support

Migration, monitoring, training and a care plan if you want ongoing cover.

Worth knowing

Accessibility is now a procurement question

If you sell to the public sector, tender for contracts or serve a broad public audience, accessibility has moved from good practice to a box that has to be ticked before your bid is read.

Every site we build is tested against WCAG 2.2 AA. We also audit existing sites — including ones we did not build — and give you a remediation list ordered by risk rather than by ease.

2.2

WCAG version tested against, at AA

4

Breakpoints tested on every build

Free website audit

Find out what your current site is costing you

One of our designers and one of our developers go through your site by hand — performance, accessibility, journey, mobile experience and the specific points where people are dropping out. Written report, plus half an hour to talk it through.

Real page speed and Core Web Vitals, on real devices

WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility check

The three points in your journey losing the most people

An honest answer on whether you need a rebuild or a fix

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