Web design in Steyning that earns its keep.

Steyning is a town and civil parish in the Horsham district of West Sussex, sitting at the north end of the gap the River Adur cuts through the South Downs, about four miles north of the coast at Shoreham-by-Sea. Together with the smaller villages of Bramber and Upper Beeding it forms a single built-up area at this crossing point of the river, so in practice the three places share a customer base. That position at the foot of the Downs, on the way to the coast, gives local businesses a steady mix of residents, walkers and passing trade.

The town is genuinely ancient. The name probably comes from the Old English for the stone people, or the dwellers at the stony place, and Steyning has existed since Anglo-Saxon times. Legend says St Cuthman built a church here where he stopped after carrying his mother in a wheelbarrow, an image that still appears on the signs as you enter the town. In 858 Æthelwulf, King of Wessex and father of Alfred the Great, was buried in the church, and a carved Saxon grave slab still sits in the church porch. The church is now dedicated jointly to St Andrew and St Cuthman.

By the time of the Domesday survey Steyning was a thriving and important port with a market and even a royal mint. Its strategic value led William the Conqueror to place William de Braose in a new castle at neighbouring Bramber, which sparked a long dispute over bridge tolls on the river and the rights of the two churches, settled in the king’s court in 1086. All of that history is still visible in the old buildings and the shape of the town, and it is part of why Steyning feels distinct rather than like just another commuter settlement.

For a local business, that specific, true detail is what makes a website read as genuinely from Steyning rather than generic copy that could be about anywhere. Google increasingly favours content that clearly belongs to a place, and customers trust it more too. We write your site so it sounds like it comes from the town, name Bramber, Upper Beeding and the villages you also cover, build it to load fast on a phone, and set up your Google Business Profile so you appear when someone nearby searches for what you do.

Also covering: Bramber, Upper Beeding, Ashurst, Wiston, Washington, Storrington and the surrounding villages.