Web design · Kent
Web design in Kent.
Studio 48 is a web design studio in Ashford, Kent. We design and build custom sites for businesses across the county — every one designed and coded for the business rather than assembled from a theme, and set up to be found locally as well as to look right.
Most Kent businesses we speak to are not competing nationally. They are competing inside about a fifteen-mile radius, against between three and twenty other businesses that do the same thing, for customers who will decide from a phone screen in under a minute. That is a much more winnable problem than it feels, and it is won on details that have nothing to do with how the homepage looks.
The local pack — the three businesses on the little map above the normal results — takes most of the clicks for anything with local intent. Which three appear is decided mostly by the Google Business Profile and by whether your website's details corroborate it, and only then by the site itself. So we do those together: one trading name, one service-area definition, one set of hours and one phone number, written identically on the profile, on the site and in the structured data. It is the least interesting work in this business and the highest-return.
Then the site has to earn the click it gets. Fast on a mid-range phone on 4G, obvious about what you do and where you do it, and one tap from getting in touch. Everything else — the art direction, the motion, the typography we care rather a lot about — sits on top of that, not instead of it.
We publish our prices and we publish our evidence. A build is £595 to £995 depending on size, £1,750 and up with a CMS or e-commerce, then £50 a month on Care keeps it hosted, updated and amended. The search figures on this site come from a Google Search Console export with the date on it, and the products they refer to are live and linked, so you can go and check every one.
Where we work.
Seven towns with a page each, because the questions a Folkestone gallery has are not the questions a Maidstone solicitor has. Clients outside Kent are worked with remotely.
- Web design in AshfordOur townTN23, TN24, TN25, TN26Trades and home services · Independent retail and hospitality · Logistics and light industrial
- Web design in Canterbury14 miCT1, CT2, CT3, CT4Independent retail and hospitality · Tourism, attractions and accommodation · Education and student services
- Web design in Maidstone19 miME14, ME15, ME16, ME17Legal, accountancy and professional services · Trades and construction · Recruitment and B2B services
- Web design in Folkestone15 miCT18, CT19, CT20, CT21Creative studios, galleries and makers · Hospitality, cafés and restaurants · Tourism and accommodation
- Web design in Tenterden12 miTN30Independent retail and antiques · Pubs, cafés and restaurants · Vineyards, farm shops and rural businesses
- Web design in Hythe11 miCT21Trades and home services · Care, mobility and health services · Cafés, pubs and independent retail
- Web design in Faversham15 miME13Food, drink and brewing · Independent retail and makers · Light manufacturing and wholesale
What a website costs in Kent.
The same prices wherever you are in the county. Published rather than quoted on request, and exclusive of VAT.
- Starter
- £595one-off buildA single-page or small brochure site. Live in about a fortnight.
- Standard
- £995one-off buildThe usual choice — a full site, properly set up to be found.
- Complete
- from £1,750scoped togetherEverything in Standard, plus a CMS so you can run it yourself.
- Care plan
- £50per monthThe standard plan after launch — hosting, domain and reasonable amends, so there's nothing else to buy or think about.
We can show the search results, not just claim them.
Anyone can say they do SEO. CoachAI is a product we design, build and run, so its Search Console account is ours to export — and it went from 19 organic clicks in six months to 923 in the six months that followed, from 215 impressions to 14,931.
It sits at an average position of 1.1 for its core term with a 44.4% click-through rate, and one blog post accounts for 324 of those clicks. Clicks from 92 countries — UK 329, US 171, then Italy, Australia and Canada.
Every figure is from google search console, exported 7 september 2026, with the prior baseline printed next to it. The product is live and linked, so you can go and check it.
- Clicks
- 923from 19
- Impressions
- 14,931from 215
Working with a studio in Ashford.
Where is Studio 48 based?
Studio 48 is a web design studio based in Ashford, Kent. We work with businesses across Ashford, Canterbury, Maidstone, Folkestone, Tenterden, Hythe and Faversham, and remotely with clients anywhere in the UK. Studio 48 is a trading name of COACHAI LTD, registered in England & Wales, company no. 16867415.
Do you work with local businesses in Ashford and Kent?
Yes — that is most of what we do. Paul Kent Heating, an independent gas and plumbing business covering Ashford and the surrounding villages, is a live example you can go and look at. Being an hour from most of Kent means we can meet in person in Ashford, Canterbury, Maidstone or Folkestone when a project benefits from it, and stay on email when it does not.
Do you set up our Google Business Profile?
Yes. Google Business Profile is what decides whether you appear in the local map pack for searches like "plumber in Ashford", and it matters more than the website for that. It is included from the £595 Starter tier upwards: we claim or create the profile, get the categories, service areas and hours right, and make the details on it match the website exactly.
Do we have to meet in person?
No, but we can. We are in Ashford, so meeting in Ashford, Canterbury, Maidstone, Folkestone or anywhere else in Kent is straightforward, and plenty of clients prefer a first conversation face to face. Everything after that runs comfortably over email and video, including for our clients outside Kent.
Will my site actually get found on Google?
That is the part we can show evidence for rather than promise. CoachAI, a site we build and run, went from 19 organic clicks and 215 impressions in six months to 923 clicks and 14,931 impressions in the following six months, ranking at an average position of 1.1 for its core term — figures straight from its Google Search Console export. Every build includes technical SEO, a verified Search Console property and a submitted sitemap; the £995 Standard tier adds local listings and schema markup.
Web design for Kent businesses.
Tell us what you're trying to do and we'll tell you honestly what it takes — including when the answer is "less than you think". Replies within one working day.