Web design and SEO, Maidenhead
Fast as the hare, sound as the arch.
Fast, well-made websites for businesses between Henley and Windsor, built by the river in Maidenhead and kept found on Google long after launch day.
Brunel's bridge at Maidenhead, in Turner's light. Watch the deck.
What we do
Websites that load quickly and hold up for years
Five things, done properly. Most clients start with a website and stay for the part where it keeps getting found.
Why a hare and an arch
Turner painted them both on the same bridge, a mile from our desk.
In 1838 Brunel carried the Great Western Railway over the Thames at Maidenhead on two brick arches, each 128 feet wide and rising just 24. The railway's board was sure they would fall, so the timber scaffolding stayed underneath. Brunel had it lowered until it carried nothing, a storm washed it away, and the arches are still carrying trains today.
In 1844 Turner painted the bridge as Rain, Steam and Speed, with a hare running along the track. That's the job, really. Websites quick enough to keep up and built well enough to stand without anyone propping them up.
Work
What changes when the site is right
The Thames Valley
Henley to Windsor, and the towns either side
We work with businesses up and down the river, and we write about each town as somewhere we actually know, because we do.
Prices
What it costs, before you have to ask
Every project is quoted properly after a conversation, but these are the ranges most Thames Valley businesses land in. Prices are before VAT.
Towpath
£2,400–£3,800
A sharp five-to-eight page site for one location, with local SEO and Google Business Profile set up properly.
Reach
£4,500–£8,500
A larger site with town pages across the valley and a content plan. On the river, a reach is the stretch between two locks.
The Form
from £95 a month
Hosting, care and small changes. A hare doesn't burrow; it keeps a shallow hollow in the grass called a form, and this is where your site lives.
Ongoing SEO runs from £650 a month. What a small business website costs in 2026 explains where the money goes.
Soundings
Measurements before decisions
A sounding is a depth reading taken from a boat. These are ours: practical notes on websites and search for businesses in the valley.
From the founder
“You'll talk to the person building your site, and you'll get a straight answer about whether you need one.”
Nick Halden, founder. Nine years in London agencies, three years running Hare & Arch.