# Web Design in Medway

Source: https://dijitulwebdesign.co.uk/locations/medway/

> Across Rochester, Chatham, Gillingham, Strood and Rainham, dijitul designs custom websites for engineering firms, trade counters, independent shops and care providers. We work remotely from Mansfield and build every Medway site mobile-first and structured for local search. Websites start from £250 + VAT, and online shops or trade ordering sites start from £750 + VAT.

Medway is made up of several towns along the River Medway, including Rochester, Chatham, Gillingham, Strood and Rainham, together one of the largest urban areas in the South East outside London. That shape matters for web design, because customers search by their own town. A Gillingham plumber and a Rochester café are each competing in a slightly different local market.

Medway's history is tied to the Royal Navy. Chatham Dockyard built and repaired warships for over four hundred years until 1984, and the Historic Dockyard Chatham is now a major visitor attraction and filming location. The former dockyard area is now Chatham Maritime, with offices, housing, the Dockside outlet centre and the Universities at Medway campus shared by the University of Kent, the University of Greenwich and Canterbury Christ Church University. Students support letting agents and landlords who need clear, searchable property sites.

Engineering remains important. BAE Systems has a long-established site in Rochester working on avionics, and many smaller engineering, manufacturing and marine businesses supply the sector. Those suppliers need factual B2B sites with capabilities, accreditations and careful wording. Industrial estates such as Gillingham Business Park, Medway City Estate and Kingsnorth on the Hoo Peninsula house manufacturers, distributors and trade counters that benefit from catalogue or ordering sites.

Rochester's historic High Street, with its cathedral, castle and Dickens connections, supports independent shops, cafés and tourism. Those businesses need sites with real photos, opening times and events, plus online shops for gifts and specialist goods. Medway Maritime Hospital in Gillingham is a major employer, and care providers across the towns need accessible, reassuring websites.

Search competition is spread across five towns, so pages for the towns you really serve make a difference. See plumber websites and care websites.

## Who we build websites for in Medway

- Engineering and defence suppliers
- Manufacturers and distributors
- Trade counters
- Marine businesses
- Independent shops and cafés
- Tourism and heritage businesses
- Letting agents and student landlords
- Care providers
- Plumbers, electricians and builders

## Prices

Prices (from, + VAT): Starter £250 (Up to 5 pages, Custom design, not a template, Mobile-first build, Contact form and click-to-call, Google Business Profile set up, Basic SEO foundations, Analytics and Search Console); Business £500 (Up to 15 pages, A page per service, written to rank, Copywriting included, Full schema markup, Local SEO groundwork, Speed optimised to pass Core Web Vitals, Conversion tracking configured, Training session and recorded walkthrough); Ecommerce £750 (Shopify or WooCommerce, Product and category structure built to rank, Payments and delivery rules configured, Click-and-collect and local delivery, Accounts or EPOS integration, Google Merchant Centre feed, Abandoned cart recovery, Staff training on order management); changes £45 an hour. All prices are "from" and exclude VAT. Every project gets a fixed quote before work starts. Domain registration, stock photography, premium plugins or apps and hosting are listed in the quote, never added later. You own the website and the domain. Aftercare: Hosting from £1 a day + VAT (https://dijihost.co.uk/); Website care plans from £25 a month + VAT (https://dijitulsupport.co.uk/). Contact: https://dijitulwebdesign.co.uk/contact/ · 01623 650333 · info@dijitul.uk

### Do you cover all the Medway towns?

Yes. We work with businesses in Rochester, Chatham, Gillingham, Strood, Rainham and on the Hoo Peninsula. We work remotely from Mansfield, so every town gets the same prices, and we can write separate pages for each town you genuinely serve.

### Can a Rochester gift shop sell online?

Yes. We build Shopify or WooCommerce shops from £750 + VAT with good product pages, payments, delivery and click-and-collect. We set up a Google Merchant Centre feed and abandoned cart recovery, and train you to manage orders.

### Can you help a Medway tradesperson get more calls?

Yes. We put click-to-call on every page, build a page for each service, show real photos of your work and set up your Google Business Profile. A Starter site from £250 + VAT covers most sole traders and is typically live in three to four weeks.