Web Developer in Medway — Chatham, Rochester & Gillingham
Medway is home. I'm a freelance web developer in Chatham, building websites for businesses in Chatham, Rochester, Gillingham, Strood and Rainham — the kind of local developer you can meet over a coffee rather than an agency you'll only ever email.
Quick answer
If you're a Medway business looking for a website, I'm a Chatham-based freelance developer offering fixed-price WordPress and Next.js builds, local SEO setup and ongoing maintenance. Small WordPress sites start from £399, most WordPress business sites cost £1,299–£3,499, and we can meet in person anywhere in Medway.
A local developer, not a local agency
Medway has plenty of agencies. What it has fewer of is a single developer you deal with directly, who builds the site, sets up the hosting and answers when something breaks. That's how I work: one point of contact, a fixed written quote, and a site you own outright at the end.
Because I'm in Chatham, meeting is simple — at your premises, a café in Rochester high street, or over video if that's easier. Seeing how your business actually works usually produces a better website than a questionnaire does.
Built to be found by Medway customers
For most local businesses, the website's job is to turn people searching "[your service] near me" or "[your service] Chatham" into calls and enquiries. That depends on more than the website itself, so every Medway build includes the local foundations:
- Service pages that each target one clear service and the areas you cover
- LocalBusiness structured data with consistent name, address and contact details
- Google Business Profile linked and set up properly
- Fast mobile load times — most local searches happen on a phone
- Clear calls to action and a contact form that actually reaches you
Which Medway businesses I build for
The work suits businesses that sell a service or a product and need a website that earns enquiries rather than just existing: trades and home services, health and beauty, professional services, hospitality, retail with an online shop, and charities and community organisations. If you're not sure whether you need a new site or a fix to the one you have, I'll tell you — often a targeted fix is cheaper and good enough.
Already have a website that isn't working?
A lot of Medway sites were built cheaply years ago and now load slowly, look dated on mobile and rank for nothing. Before quoting a rebuild I'll look at what's there — speed, structure, plugins, and what Google is actually indexing — and tell you whether it's worth saving. The reasoning behind that call is in when to redesign versus rebuild a WordPress site.
Frequently asked questions
I'm based in Chatham and work with businesses across Medway — Chatham, Rochester, Gillingham, Strood, Rainham, Walderslade and the Hoo Peninsula — as well as the rest of Kent and the UK.
A small WordPress site starts from £399. Most business websites fall between £1,299 and £3,499 depending on pages and features. You get a fixed written quote before any work starts.
Yes. Every local build includes Google Business Profile setup and consistent business details across the site. Map pack rankings also depend on reviews, proximity and competition, so I'll explain what will and won't move them.
Yes. WordPress sites come with a walkthrough of how to edit pages, posts and images. If you'd rather not, a maintenance plan covers updates and small changes.
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Tell me what you need
Send a few details and get a written, fixed quote back — usually within one working day.
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