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Web Design for Cotswolds Businesses
From Cirencester and Stow-on-the-Wold to Tetbury and Northleach, Cotswolds businesses serve discerning local and visitor audiences. We build refined, fast websites, booking apps and software that reflect the quality of the hospitality, retail and professional firms across the district.
Overview
Websites for Cotswolds hospitality, retail and rural businesses
Businesses in the Cotswolds sell to two audiences at once: local customers, and visitors who are judging them from a phone before they ever arrive. Hotels, holiday lets, restaurants, galleries, boutiques and estate businesses in Cirencester, Tetbury, Stow-on-the-Wold, Moreton-in-Marsh and the villages between need a site that looks as good as the place does — and that takes the booking or the enquiry while the visitor is still interested.
Smart Designs designs and builds those sites from our office in Gloucester, on the western edge of the Cotswolds. We focus on refined, fast design, clear booking and enquiry routes, and the search foundations that help you appear when people plan a trip or look for a local supplier.
Services
What we build for Cotswolds businesses
Premium websites
Bespoke design with strong photography, clear structure and fast load times — a site that reflects a premium product without sacrificing speed on mobile signal.
Website design and branding →Bookings and enquiries
Direct booking, enquiry and deposit flows for hospitality, events and appointments, so more bookings come straight to you.
Booking and app development →Rural and estate businesses
Websites organised around who the customer is — farm, livery, estate, holiday let — rather than around a product list, with a single clear way to get in touch.
Online retail
Shops for galleries, boutiques and producers that sell beyond the town, with collections, accounts and mobile checkout.
Process
How we deliver
Plan
A discovery call and a written scope: what the site or platform must do, who it is for, which pages and integrations it needs, and what it will cost before any work starts.
Design
Page structure, copy direction and visual design for desktop and mobile, with search foundations (page titles, headings, internal links, schema) planned in from the start.
Build
A component-based build you can review on a private preview link as it progresses, with accessibility and page speed checked before launch.
Launch
Domain, hosting, SSL, redirects from any old URLs, analytics and Search Console set up, then a final check across devices before go-live.
Support
Managed hosting, updates and changes after launch, with one team to contact when something needs adding or fixing.
Work
Work relevant to Cotswolds businesses
These live projects are not in the Cotswolds, but each solves a problem Cotswolds firms bring to us: a rural security business organised around livery, stud, farm and estate customers; a studio taking bookings and deposits online; an online boutique; and a configurator that prices a product before the customer calls.
Equestrian Security Solutions
Rural security platform built around sector, not product: CCTV, alarms, access control, monitoring and fire detection routed through livery, stud, farm and estate journeys, with survey booking as the single conversion path.
Visit equestriansecuritysolutions.co.uk ↗Eleven Studio
Gloucester · Bristol Road, GL1
Cosmetic studio platform with automated bookings, Stripe deposits, treatment workflows and admin dashboard tooling.
Visit elevenstudio.co.uk ↗Yours Truly Duchess
Lingerie storefront with a signature collection carousel, shop and collection browsing, size guidance, accounts and cart.
Visit yourstrulyduchess.co.uk ↗BS Automatic Barriers
Barrier specialist platform: rising-arm packages priced by opening width, a per-barrier configurator, ex and inc VAT switching, and commercial, residential and servicing routes into one quote flow.
Visit automaticbarriersuk.co.uk ↗Nearby locations
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Meeting us from the Cotswolds
Our office is at The Forum, 5–7 Cathedral Walk, Gloucester GL1 1DG, on the western edge of the Cotswolds.
We are happy to visit you, meet at our Gloucester office, or work over video. Book a discovery call and tell us which suits you.
Smart Designs Online LTDOffice 1.15, The Forum, 5–7 Cathedral Walk, Gloucester, GL1 1DG
01452 905301 · hello@smartdesigns.onlineBook a discovery call
Office 1.15, The Forum, 5–7 Cathedral Walk, Gloucester, GL1 1DG
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Questions
Cotswolds Web Design FAQs
Do you work across the Cotswold market towns?
Yes — from Cirencester and Tetbury to Stow-on-the-Wold and Northleach, we build websites for hospitality, retail and professional firms across the district.
Can you build booking systems for Cotswold hospitality businesses?
Yes. We build booking and enquiry systems for hotels, venues and hospitality businesses that reflect the quality guests expect in the Cotswolds.
Will my website reflect a premium Cotswolds brand?
That is our focus — refined, fast, distinctive design that matches the premium positioning of Cotswold businesses.
Do you offer ongoing support?
Yes — managed hosting, updates and support are available so your site stays reliable throughout the year.
Ready when you are
Showcase your Cotswolds brand online
Book a strategy call and receive creative directions, timelines and investment options.
- Call01452 905301
- Emailhello@smartdesigns.online
- StudioOffice 1.15, The Forum5–7 Cathedral WalkGloucester GL1 1DG, United Kingdom