Serving Exeter · EX1, EX2, EX3

Websites for Exeter businesses

From Gandy Street's cobbled boutiques to the Quayside's waterfront cafés, EX1 runs on small independents.

Exeter packs cathedral city, county town and a big university into a tight walled centre. Exeter Cathedral anchors the High Street, the Quayside lines the River Exe two minutes south, and Princesshay sits between them as the modern shopping core. The independent trade hides a step off the main drag — cobbled Gandy Street, the deli run on Magdalen Road, the thatched micropubs of Fore Street in Heavitree. Most of the people behind those shops, cafés and trades are working from a back kitchen, not a regional office.

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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 Exeter

InExeter, the city centre BID, was renewed for a third five-year term in 2025, securing £2.8m of levy-funded work through to March 2030. The bulk of EX1's small business economy sits outside that BID remit: cafés and indie restaurants on the Quayside — Quayside Cafe on the water, On The Waterfront next door, The Old Firehouse on the High Street — and the long tail of trades (plumbers, electricians, accountants, solicitors) that serve the city's roughly 130,000 residents and the University of Exeter. Gandy Street, Magdalen Road, Sidwell Street and Fore Street in Heavitree carry most of the day-to-day shopfront economy. A £300m CityPoint regeneration around Sidwell Street and Paris Street has been in and out of review since 2023.

Every Exeter 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 Exeter small businesses, not stock photos

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

Roughly 1,000 city centre businesses pay the InExeter BID levy, securing £2.8m of work across the 2025–2030 term.

Some Exeter independents we'd happily sit next to

Quayside Cafe
Independent waterside café
On the Historic Quayside overlooking the River Exe — pies, breakfasts, homemade cakes.
On The Waterfront
Independent quayside restaurant
Handcrafted pizzas, tapas, cocktails and live events on Exeter Quay.
The Old Firehouse
Independent pub and restaurant
Long-running Exeter institution on the High Street, known for its steak nights and courtyard.

Streets we know in Exeter

Gandy Street
Magdalen Road
Fore Street
Sidwell Street
Paris Street

Neighbourhoods covered

Heavitree
St Leonards
Topsham
Cathedral Quarter
The Quayside

Trade bodies & BIDs in Exeter

InExeter (Exeter BID)

Why these industries cluster here

Independent retail and hospitality
The Quayside, Gandy Street, Magdalen Road and Fore Street in Heavitree form the core indie cluster, with the InExeter BID representing roughly 1,000 levy payers in the city centre.
Trades and professional services
EX1's 130,000 residents and the University of Exeter support a long tail of plumbers, electricians, accountants and solicitors working out of small offices and home setups.
Tourism and cathedral-city trade
Exeter Cathedral, the Roman walls and the Quayside pull year-round visitors into the cafés, restaurants and gift shops on the High Street and surrounding lanes.

Exeter city centre businesses voted to renew the InExeter Business Improvement District for a third five-year term in late 2024, securing £2.8m of levy-funded work from April 2025 to March 2030 (https://www.themoorlander.co.uk/news/exeter-businesses-back-inexeter-bid-renewal-with-overwhelming-support-6971316).

Where we work

Websites for Exeter and Devon

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

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Pricing

£25/month

One flat plan for every Exeter 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 Exeter 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

Exeter web design — common questions

Do you work with independent shops on Gandy Street or Magdalen Road?

Yes — anywhere in EX1, EX2, EX3 or EX4. The Gandy Street, Magdalen Road and Fore Street independents are the typical fit: a clean one-page site with the address, hours and a contact link, for £25/month with no setup fee.

I'm a plumber or electrician in Heavitree or St Leonards — is the plan different for tradesmen?

No, the £25/month plan is the same whoever you are. Most of my EX1 trades only need a fast, hand-coded site with a phone number that rings on the right mobile and a quote form. Turnaround is one to two weeks from brief to live link.

Will my Exeter site show up in Google search results?

I'll do the on-page basics — sensible page titles, descriptions, fast loads, clean code. What I don't do is promise rankings, run link campaigns, or write blog content. Anything beyond the basic on-page SEO is a separate conversation, not part of the monthly fee.

Can you set up my Google Business Profile for a Quayside café?

No — and that's deliberate. I don't claim, verify or manage Google Business Profiles. What I will do is wire your site to your existing GBP link, Tripadvisor page, or whichever booking or menu tool you already use, so the two work together.

Are you a Devon agency or a London studio?

Single-person studio. I work remotely with clients in Exeter, Topsham, the rest of Devon and beyond — the £25/month plan and one-to-two-week turnaround don't change by location.

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Tell me a little about you and what you want on the site. I'll come back personally the same day to talk it through — no agency deck, no twelve-step onboarding.

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