Serving Newcastle · NE1, NE2, NE3

Websites for Newcastle businesses

Newcastle still trades out of 1835 Grainger Market, a 12th-century Castle Keep, and a Quayside Sunday market.

Newcastle grew up around a river. The Quayside still anchors it — Sunday market running from the Swing Bridge to the Millennium Bridge, every week. Up the hill the 12th-century Castle Keep gives the city its name, and just past it Grainger Town lays out Grey Street, Grainger Street and Clayton Street around the 1835 Grainger Market, Grade I listed and still trading butchers, bakers and street food. Layer on the Central Arcade independents, the indie shops round Grainger Street, and you've got about 305,000 people across NE1 to NE6.

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£25/month · anyone, anywhere

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 Newcastle

Newcastle NE1 Ltd is the city-centre BID, and the North East Chamber covers the wider patch. The small-business scene still runs heavily through Grainger Market — over 100 independent traders, butchers, bakers and street food in a single Grade I building. The Quayside Sunday Market runs along the river every Sunday. Round the rest of NE1 it's a mix: indie vintage and streetwear at Waceland in the Central Arcade, restaurant and bar operators from the Quayside to Jesmond (Cook House, on the West Jesmond strip), tradesmen working out of Byker, Heaton and Scotswood. Most are one or two people, on the phone, on Instagram, and tired of paying agencies for the privilege of being online.

Every Newcastle 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 Newcastle small businesses, not stock photos

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

Grainger Market is home to over 100 small businesses and self-employed independent traders, according to Newcastle City Council.

Some Newcastle independents we'd happily sit next to

Grainger Market
Indoor market
Built 1835, Grade I listed, on Grainger Street NE1 5QQ — over 100 independent traders.
Quayside Sunday Market
Outdoor Sunday market
Runs 9am-4pm every Sunday along the Quayside from the Swing Bridge to the Millennium Bridge.
Waceland
Independent vintage & streetwear shop
Central Arcade, NE1 — started as a Grey Street pop-up in 2017.
Cook House
Restaurant
West Jesmond strip, NE2 — sharp seasonal small plates.
Theatre Royal
Theatre & performing arts venue
100 Grey Street, NE1 — the Grainger Town landmark theatre.

Streets we know in Newcastle

Grey Street
Grainger Street
Clayton Street
Quayside
Central Arcade

Neighbourhoods covered

Gosforth
Jesmond
Heaton
Ouseburn
Byker

Trade bodies & BIDs in Newcastle

Why these industries cluster here

Indoor & street markets
Grainger Market (1835, Grade I listed, 100+ traders) and the weekly Quayside Sunday Market still anchor Newcastle's independent trade — one of the densest market scenes outside London.
Arcade & indie retail
The Central Arcade and Grey Street hold independents like Waceland, the basis of the city's small-shop scene running on top of the 1835 Grainger Town grid.
Food, drink & hospitality
Restaurant and bar operators cluster along the Quayside and out into Jesmond (Cook House, West Jesmond strip) and the Ouseburn valley — a thick indie food scene NE1 to NE2.

A £120m regeneration package for the Quayside West brownfield site — plans for up to 2,500 new homes — was confirmed in August 2025 (https://www.pbctoday.co.uk/news/planning-construction-news/120m-regeneration-package-given-newcastle-upon-tyne/154316/).

Where we work

Websites for Newcastle and Tyne and Wear

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

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Pricing

£25/month

One flat plan for every Newcastle 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 Newcastle 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

Newcastle web design — common questions

Do you work with traders inside Grainger Market?

Yes. Most market stalls just need a one-page site with their stall number, opening hours and a way to take pre-orders or repeat orders. The £25/month plan covers that — clean, hand-coded, live in 1-2 weeks, no setup fee.

I run a small business in Jesmond or Gosforth — does the price change outside NE1?

No. NE1 to NE6 all get the same £25/month, the same 1-2 week turnaround, the same flat fee. Whether you trade on Grey Street, in a Heaton parade, or out of a Byker workshop, the deliverable is identical.

Can you set up my Google Business Profile or run my SEO for me?

No — and that's deliberate. GBP claiming, link building and SEO ranking work aren't part of the plan. You do get sensible page titles, descriptions and fast loads; you keep control of the GBP yourself and can claim it in twenty minutes.

I run a café on the Quayside — would you actually fit?

That's the brief I write most often. One venue, one page, address, hours, a menu link or booking link, and a number that rings on the right phone. No upsell, no proposal deck, no contract.

Do you do SEO, blogs, or Google Business Profile?

No — and that's deliberate. The £25/month plan is for a clean, quick website on its own domain, with the basic on-page SEO sorted (sensible page titles, descriptions, fast loads). It is not a marketing package. If you want someone to actively manage your Google Business Profile, run a blog, or chase rankings, this isn't the right service — I'd rather say so upfront.

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