Serving Cambridge · CB1, CB2, CB3

Websites for Cambridge businesses

Cambridge runs on summer punts, October students, and a quiet £92m Civic Quarter rebuild that's been on the go since 2024.

Cambridge is a working university city that also has to function as one of the country's busiest tourist stops. King's College Chapel and the Backs do the obvious work, but the day-to-day economy sits further out — Magdalene Street was voted among the UK's top high streets, and Mill Road is what locals actually walk down for groceries and an indie coffee. Grand Arcade does the chain shopping, and the Grafton is the secondary centre. Cambridge BID, a levy-funded body of 1,200 city-centre businesses, runs the welcome, lighting and night-time safety from an office above the Guildhall on Market Square.

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What you get

Your own URL, on its own domain
Hand-coded — no WordPress, no page builders
Basic on-page SEO, fast loads, mobile-first
Small content edits whenever you need them
No setup fee, cancel any month

Working with Cambridge

The small business scene in Cambridge is unusually mixed. On the café side, Fitzbillies has been on Trumpington Street since 1920, and Hot Numbers runs an independent coffee house close to Mill Road. The historic market in Market Square is at the centre of an ongoing £92m+ council-led Civic Quarter project, with the council actively engaging market traders on the redesign. Hospitality is the spine of the BID's work — its annual Food and Drink Week covers cafés, pubs, restaurants and hotels across the city. Independent retail survives on streets like Magdalene and Mill Road, and the two universities keep a year-round student trade flowing through the centre. Most of the small firms I work with in CB postcodes are cafés, tradesmen, professional services, or sole traders who need a clean link, not a platform.

Every Cambridge site is hand-coded, mobile-first, and shipped on its own domain. There's nothing for you to maintain — hosting, SSL, backups, updates and small content edits are all in the £25/month plan. You'll deal directly with me from brief to launch, by email or WhatsApp, in plain English.

Local economy

Real Cambridge small businesses, not stock photos

Every Cambridge brief lands somewhere on the same map of shops, salons, trades and indie operators. Here are some of the real Cambridge businesses I've researched while writing this page — the kind of place a clean £25/month site is built for.

Cambridge BID says it is a collaboration of around 1,200 levy-paying businesses in the city centre.

Some Cambridge independents we'd happily sit next to

Fitzbillies
Café and bakery
On Trumpington Street since 1920; famous for the Chelsea Bun.
Hot Numbers
Independent coffee house
Small independent roaster with a coffee house close to Mill Road.
Cambridge Market
Open-air general market
Historic market on Market Square; subject of the Civic Quarter redesign, with the council engaging existing traders.
The Grafton
Shopping centre
Secondary retail centre east of the city core; venue for BID half-term family events.

Streets we know in Cambridge

Mill Road
Magdalene Street
Trumpington Street
King Street
Green Street
Market Square

Neighbourhoods covered

Castle
Market
Petersfield
Romsey
Trumpington
Cherry Hinton
Newnham
Arbury

Trade bodies & BIDs in Cambridge

Cambridge BID

Why these industries cluster here

Hospitality and food & drink
Cambridge BID runs an annual Food and Drink Week across the city and coordinates a multi-agency night-time economy safety programme; it says it represents around 1,200 levy-paying city-centre businesses.
Independent retail
Magdalene Street was voted among the UK's top high streets, and Mill Road is widely covered as the city's densest independent-shopping street.
Higher education and student-facing services
The BID's Purple Flag team runs Welcome Back events at the University of Cambridge and Anglia Ruskin University each January, putting the two universities at the heart of the student-facing economy.

Cambridge City Council approved the £92m+ Civic Quarter project for the Guildhall, Corn Exchange and Market Square in November 2024, and confirmed in February 2025 that it was inviting contractor bids and engaging market traders on the redesign (https://www.cambridge.gov.uk/news/2025/02/06/civic-quarter-update-on-project-to-reimagine-cambridge-market-corn-exchange-and-guildhall).

Where we work

Websites for Cambridge and Cambridgeshire

I'm based in London, build over email and WhatsApp, and ship the same £25/month plan to Cambridge and every other town in Cambridgeshire.

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Pricing

£25/month

One flat plan for every Cambridge build — hosting, SSL, backups, updates and small content edits all included. No setup fee, no contract, cancel any month.

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How it works

From your first message to a live Cambridge link in 1–2 weeks.

01You message me with a sentence on what you do.
02Quick call or text, you send your bundle.
03I build, you pay £25/month, you get the link.

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£25/month · 1–2 week build · cancel any month

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FAQs

Cambridge web design — common questions

Do you build sites for businesses in CB1, CB2, CB3, CB4 and CB5?

Yes — I cover all Cambridge postcodes from the city centre out to the edges. I've worked with cafés, tradesmen, professional services and small retailers across the city, and the £25/month plan and 1-2 week turnaround are the same wherever you are in CB.

Will my Cambridge site show up on Google?

I include basic on-page SEO with every site — sensible page titles, descriptions and fast loads. I don't offer ongoing SEO, link building, Google Business Profile management or content marketing. If you need any of those, I'd rather tell you up front than sell you something I don't do.

Can I add a brand new page to my site after it goes live?

New pages or whole new sections are a separate conversation and not in the monthly fee. The £25/month plan covers small content edits — phone numbers, prices, swapped photos, a new line of text — usually back the same day. A brand-new page is a one-off job we'll agree a price for first.

Do you do e-commerce or an online shop?

I can build a simple product showcase for a small range of items, but I don't offer full checkout, payment processing or a webshop platform. The £25/month plan is for hand-coded business sites, not online stores.

What about the £92m Civic Quarter — will that affect my business?

The Civic Quarter project around the Guildhall, Corn Exchange and Market Square was approved by the council in November 2024 and was moving into contractor-bid and trader-engagement stages in early 2025. I'm based locally, so I'm watching it the same way you are.

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