Hastings, East Sussex • WordPress Web Design

Professional

Web Design

in Hastings

Trusted by 100+ Local Businesses

Hastings • Gamble Property Services

Professional Web Design in Hastings

Thinking about your next website project and not sure where to start? Our Hastings web design team helps small businesses replace hard-to-update sites with clean, fast WordPress builds that turn visitors into enquiries. We keep it simple, collaborative and local to the 1066 area. Pop in to the studio or join us for a digital coffee online.

Your 1066 Website Agency

We’re a locally-based blended team of web designers, web developers and content strategists at the Innovation Centre in St Leonards-on-Sea, building custom websites in Hastings and across 1066 Country (Bexhill, Eastbourne, Rye & Battle). Our bespoke WordPress builds are fast, easy to edit and designed to convert—pairing clean design with solid SEO so more visitors become enquiries.

Alongside web design, we can support your growth with SEO, social media management, graphic design, pay-per-click (PPC) and email marketing. If you’re selling online, we also set up WooCommerce.

Why Businesses in 1066 Country Choose Us

10 +
Years

in 1066
Country

100 +

local
clients

5/5
Star

Google
reviews

Trusted by Local Businesses

Does Your Business Need a New Website?

If any of these sound familiar, a new web design project with our Hastings team could be the right next step.

Starting a new business

Site looks dated

Hard to
edit

Slow or poor on mobile

Rebrand or new visuals

Rankings and visibility slipping

Bespoke Website Solutions — Built Around Your Goals


 Every business is different. We scope each project to your brand, content and targets—so you get a site that looks sharp, loads fast and converts.

  • Bespoke Design
  • eCommerce
  • Responsive Design
  • Easy to update
  • Website Strategy

Bespoke Brochure Website

For service-led businesses that want more enquiries

  • Custom design, built for your brand (no templates)
  • Easy to edit in WordPress
  • Clear pages for your services & contact
  • Basic SEO infrastructure

Good fit: trades, professional services, hospitality,
charities and start-ups

eCommerce Website

For shops and brands that want confident online sales.

  • Bespoke shopfront & product pages
  • Payments, shipping & tax configured
  • Simple product/category management
  • Conversion basics: search, filters, offers

Good fit: retail, food & drink, lifestyle, local makers.

Redesign & Migration

For websites that feel dated or underperform in search.

  • Refresh your look and structure
  • Migrate safely to WordPress if needed
  • Preserve rankings with proper redirects
  • Speed & mobile experience improved

Good fit: growing businesses with an existing site.

Post-Launch: We’ve Got You Covered

Our business-grade hosting keeps your site fast and secure with SSL and daily backups, while our CarePlan handles the essentials each month: WordPress core, theme and plugin updates, security and malware checks, speed reviews, broken-link fixes, redirects and basic health monitoring. For extra momentum, CarePlan + adds priority support and small content edits, plus proactive performance tuning and checks so your website stays tidy, quick and conversion-ready as you grow.

How we work at FreshOnline

Web Design, Done Right in Hastings

A simple, transparent process with clear milestones—from first chat to ongoing care.

Discovery Meeting & Onboarding

We start with a discovery meeting to confirm your requirements, budget and site type. Once you give the go-ahead, we run an onboarding session to align on the project plan—what you like (and don’t), competitors, and any brand guidelines. We then map audiences and goals, define the sitemap and page list, and agree a content checklist/hand-over. You finish this stage with clear milestones, owners and timelines.

  • In-depth onboarding meeting (In person or Teams)
  • Sitemap draft and confirmed page list
  • Content checklist
  • Full project plan
  • File handover plan

Strategy & Design

We translate your plan into clear messaging and on-brand layouts that make enquiries the focus. You’ll review clickable prototypes for desktop and mobile, and we’ll refine quickly so the designs are right before any build begins. Accessibility, conversion and local SEO best practice are baked in from the start.

  • Website plan and wireframe
  • Homepage design and sign-off
  • Figma designs for key pages & templates
  • Clickable prototype of website mockup
  • Two rapid refinement rounds

Build & Review

Your site is developed in WordPress using the signed-off Figma designs—layouts, content and imagery—so what you approved is what we build. We use a clean, block-based setup for easy editing, and code with speed, accessibility and mobile responsiveness in mind. During the build we configure forms, analytics & tracking and any required integrations and put solid SEO infrastructure in place. You’ll review progress on a private staging site with clear feedback rounds; we’ll populate final content, resolve comments and complete our QA checklist before sign-off.

  • Site built to signed-off Figma spec
  • Performance setup
  • SEO infrastructure
  • Staging site access & structured feedback rounds
  • Full website review with our team

Sign-off & Launch

With all content in place, we run a full QA pass across common devices/browsers and check Core Web Vitals. Once you give final sign-off, we coordinate DNS and hosting so go-live is smooth with minimal downtime. Post-launch we run checks on speed, forms, 404s and analytics, submit the sitemap to GSC, and set up uptime/error monitoring. We then share handover notes with you and get you set up on a hosting or CarePlan, so you’re confident from day one.

  • Final QA & Core Web Vitals checks
  • Redirects & SEO preservation
  • SEO infrastructure
  • Staging site access & structured feedback rounds
  • Full website sign-off

Ongoing Aftercare

Post-launch, we can keep your site secure, fast and up to date with proactive maintenance and support with our hosting, CarePlan or CarePlan + options which cover updates, monitoring and light improvements. We’ll also invite you for a follow up meeting to discuss your future strategy and explore our other services such as our Creative Partner Package, Social Media, Email Marketing, SEO Booster, Pay Per Click and Graphic Design services.

  • Secure hosting & protection
  • Monthly updates & backups
  • Uptime & security monitoring
  • Performance checks & light improvements
  • Follow-up strategy review & growth options

Made in Hastings • Web design

Some of Our Favourite Local Projects

Websites we’ve designed for businesses across Hastings and the 1066 area.

social media showcase from hastings based aesthetic clinic

marketing • seo • social media • web design

La Cara Aesthetics •

Hastings

Monthly social media strategy and content for a local aesthetic clinic alongside ongoing website, SEO and strategic campaigns.

marketing image for glow and scent candle business

creative partner • marketing • social media • web design

Glow & Scent •

Bournemouth

Marketing and Creative Partner support for candle business driving repeat candle sales through email and content.

graphic design • marketing • social media • web design

Rainbow Baby Scans •

Bexhill

New website with clearer services for Bexhill based baby scan business

graphic design • marketing • social media • web design

Cygnus •

Hastings

Rebrand, full website design and social media for large data and tech company

graphic design • marketing • seo • social media • web design

Derma Institute •

international

Ongoing website, marketing, SEO and social media, including email campaigns for international aesthetic training academy

seo • social media • web design

Mike Sherwood Business Coaching •

Hastings

Custom website design, SEO and social media marketing for a local business coach

graphic design • marketing • social media • web design

Arbor & Shore •

based in Hastings

New social media and website set up for a maple syrup company based in Hastings using exports from Grand Manan

seo • web design

Kangaroo Connections •

St Leonards on Sea

SEO Booster project to strengthen Google visibility for a local social media marketing agency based in Hastings.

social media marketing for local air conditioning company

marketing • social media • web design

Airtemp •

St Leonards on Sea

Social media services tailored across a range of platforms for a local air conditioning company in St Leonards on Sea

social media for local independent opticians

marketing • social media • web design

Gardiner Opticians •

Sussex

Monthly social media strategy for Sussex based and local independent opticians

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Trusted by Hastings Businesses

“We moved from another website company to FreshOnline. The process was professional, friendly and stress free with excellent communication.
Tam, Georgia and Adam are 5*
I would highly recommend Tam and her Team.”

Roy Smith,
RTJ of Sussex,
Eastbourne

“FreshOnline have been absolutely fantastic from day one. They created a website for me that not only looks professional and clean, but also truly reflects my brand. Their ongoing monthly support has been invaluable.”

Cale Sinfield,
Kangaroo Connections,
St Leonards on Sea

“FreshOnline gave the St Michael’s Hospices website a spruce a little while back and since then the gift just keeps on giving. I must say I am never disappointed by the friendly and professional manner of the team.”

Sophie Bailey,
St Michael’s Hospice,
St Leonards on Sea

“I recently had an audit review and meeting with Fresh Online and was very happy with the pointers they gave me to improve my website and YouTube content. I’m now implementing this and have seen a great improvement.”

David Witcombe,
Witcombe Surveyors,
Hastings

The FreshOnline
Website Satisfaction Guarantee

the design you want. The features you need. Delivered on time — or your money back.

  • We design a custom website that looks how you want
  • Including the functionality your business needs
  • Built within our agreed timescales

If we don’t deliver — you’ll get a full refund. Simple.

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, we build every site with search engines in mind. Your website will be submitted to Google, and we set up the basics such as page titles, meta descriptions and clean site structure. How well you rank depends on your competition and ongoing SEO work, but you will have a solid base to build on.

In most cases, yes. If your current site is in WordPress we can carry out an initial review, check how it has been built and then take on hosting, updates and support through our Care Plan. For other platforms, we will look at what you have and let you know honestly what is possible.

We build sites so you can edit key content yourself. In addition to your project, we can offer training on how to log in, change text and images, add blogs and make simple updates. If you would rather we do it for you, our support team can handle changes on your behalf.

WordPress is a flexible, well-supported content management system that works for most small and medium-sized businesses. It allows us to create a custom design while giving you an easy-to-use editor for day-to-day changes. It also integrates well with SEO tools, contact forms and other systems you may need.

For a typical small business website, most projects take around six to eight weeks from design sign-off, as long as we receive content and feedback on time. Larger sites, online shops or projects with more complex features can take longer. We will agree a realistic timeline with you at the start.

Yes. All our websites are designed to work on mobiles, tablets and desktops as standard. We test layouts and key pages on different screen sizes so your visitors can read content and make enquiries easily, whatever device they use.

Web Design Insights for 1066 Businesses

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Social Media

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Visit our Hastings Based Web Design Agency

Pop into the Innovation Centre in St Leonards-on-Sea or book a quick call with our local team. We work with businesses across Hastings, Bexhill, Eastbourne and Rye.

  • FreshOnline, Innovation Centre, St Leonards On Sea, East Sussex, TN38 9UH

  • 01424 400090

  • hello@freshonline.net
  • Monday – Friday, 9:00 – 17:30