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How much does a website cost in the UK?
Most UK small business websites cost between £1,500 and £10,000 to build in 2026. In Preston and Lancashire it's usually less, often £400 to £3,500 for a small business site. Where yours lands depends on what it needs to do. Answer five quick questions and get an honest range and timeline, with every number shown, before you speak to anyone.
Your honest range
£1,500to£2,900
3 to 5 weeks, start to launch
Where the money goes
- Business website, fully custom design£1,200 to £2,200
- 1 extra page£80 to £150
- SEO setup£250 to £500
After launch, hosting and care is about £25 to £60 a month. Optional, and you can leave whenever you like.
Turn this into a fixed priceA guide, not a quote. Your fixed price comes in writing after a short chat.
Happy with the range?
Get it as a fixed price.
Send me your answers and you'll get your estimate by email straight away. Then I'll come back within one working day with questions, a plan and a fixed price. No sales call unless you want one.
- Your answers are attached automatically
- One fixed price, written down before anything starts
- You talk to the person who'll build it
What the money actually buys
Custom work, Preston prices.
The cheapest quote isn't always the cheapest website. Here's what you usually get at each price, and what your answers above cost with me. The highlighted column updates as you change them.
Your price
- Budget template
- £400 to £1,200
- With me
- £1,500 to £2,900
- Typical agency
- £3,000 to £25,000+
Time to launch
- Budget template
- Usually a week or two
- With me
- 3 to 5 weeks
- Typical agency
- Often a few months
The design
- Budget template
- A template, shared with lots of other sites
- With me
- Designed from scratch around your customers
- Typical agency
- Custom, by a design team
Who you talk to
- Budget template
- Usually whoever builds it
- With me
- Me. I design it, build it and answer the phone
- Typical agency
- An account manager, who talks to the team
Words and photos
- Budget template
- You supply everything
- With me
- I can write them with you
- Typical agency
- Copywriters, at extra cost
After launch
- Budget template
- Often on your own
- With me
- 30 days of aftercare, then an optional care plan
- Typical agency
- A monthly retainer
Fair's fair: a template is fine if you only need to look credible online, and an agency makes sense for big teams with complex briefs. If you're somewhere in between, let's turn your number into a fixed price.
No mystery maths
What actually changes the price.
- 01
How much there is
Every page or screen needs designing, writing, building and testing on phones. Ten pages is not double five, but it isn't free either.
- 02
Custom or adapted
A proven layout tuned to your brand is quicker. Designing from a blank page costs more and is worth it when the site has to win work against competitors.
- 03
Anything that does something
Bookings, payments, logins and connections to your other tools are where the hours go, because they have to work every time for every customer.
- 04
Who writes the words
Content is the most common reason projects stall. If you'd rather not write it, budget for it from the start instead of discovering it in week four.
The bit quotes leave out
Costs after launch.
A website isn't a one-off purchase. These are the running costs most UK small businesses pay, so you can budget for the year, not just the build.
| What | Typical UK cost |
|---|---|
| Domain name (.co.uk) | £10 to £30 a year |
| Hosting | £5 to £50 a month for most small sites |
| Care and updates | £25 to £500 a month, depending on how much is done |
| Email on your domain | A few pounds per person, per month |
| Ongoing SEO and content | Your time, or a monthly budget |
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Website cost questions.
Going by published UK pricing in 2026, a small business website usually costs somewhere between £1,500 and £10,000 to build. Prices outside London run lower: in Preston, local listings put a small brochure site at roughly £400 to £1,200 and a bigger bespoke site at £1,500 to £3,500. Freelancers tend to sit between £500 and £4,000, small studios between £3,000 and £25,000, and full-service agencies from around £15,000 upwards. Online shops and anything with logins or bookings cost more because there is more to build and test.
Because they are rarely for the same website. One quote is a template with your logo dropped in, another is custom design, research, copywriting and proper testing. Ask every supplier what is included, who does the work and what happens after launch, and the numbers start to make sense.
Not always. If you need a simple page to look credible, a tidy template is fine. It turns expensive when the site is meant to bring in work and doesn't, because you pay twice: once for the build and again for the rebuild a year later.
No. Hosting, your domain and ongoing care are separate, smaller monthly costs. The calculator shows a rough monthly figure for those too, so there are no surprises after launch.
A landing page can be live in one to two weeks. A business website usually takes three to five, an online shop five to eight, and apps or portals two to three months. The biggest delays are almost always waiting for content and feedback, not the build itself.
It gives you a realistic range for a project like yours, not a quote. Once I know the details from a short call, you get a fixed price in writing before anything starts, and it doesn't creep up afterwards.
Want to see what the money actually buys? Have a look at recent projects or read why good-looking sites quietly fail.
Rather just talk it through?
Tell me what you've got in mind and I'll give you an honest view, even if the answer is "you don't need a new website yet".