Web design · Runcorn
Web design in Runcorn.
We’re just over the river in Widnes, usually 10 to 15 minutes away. Close enough for a proper meeting, and we know how Halton customers search.
The short version
Think Mad is a web design agency in Widnes, usually 10 to 15 minutes from Runcorn over the Mersey Gateway or the Silver Jubilee Bridge. We build websites and run local SEO and Google Ads for Runcorn businesses, from shops and trades to firms on the Heath and at Sci-Tech Daresbury.
Written by Luke Hilditch, director at Think Mad·Checked by a person·Updated
Runcorn
How we work with Runcorn businesses.
Widnes → RuncornUsually 10–15 minutes by car
Runcorn and Widnes share a borough, a council and two bridges, so for us Runcorn is local. We’re happy to come to you, or you can pop over to Foundry House.
Runcorn has a real mix of businesses: trades and retailers serving the town and the new estates, and a big cluster of businesses on business and science parks, which often need to look credible to other businesses as much as to the public.
Both need the same thing from a website: to back up the recommendation that sent someone there, and to make getting in touch easy.
Runcorn facts
Where the work is in Runcorn.
A few things worth knowing about doing business here.
Opened on 21 July 1961 as the Runcorn–Widnes Bridge. It reopened on 26 February 2021 as a toll bridge, alongside the Mersey Gateway.
Home to more than 110 businesses and over 1,000 people, with direct access to the M56, M62, M6 and M57.
An Enterprise Zone since 2012, with more than 150 high-tech companies. If you sell to businesses like these, your website has to look the part.
Sources: merseyflow.co.uk · theheath.com · Sci-Tech Daresbury
Local search
Getting found in Runcorn.
Runcorn customers often search by area as well as by town: Halton Lea, Castlefields, Palace Fields, Windmill Hill and so on. If you work across them, say so on your website in plain English.
For business-to-business firms on the Heath or at Daresbury, your name search matters most. After a referral, people will look you up, and they’ll judge you on your website, your LinkedIn and your Google Business Profile before they ever ring.
What we do
For Runcorn businesses.
Everything is quoted in writing first. No long lock-ins.
Our work
Websites people are talking about.
FAQ
Runcorn: questions, answered.
Can’t see yours? Call 0151 316 0110 and ask a real person.
Yes. It’s usually 10 to 15 minutes from our office, so we’re happy to come to you. Or pop over to Foundry House in Widnes.
Yes. Business-to-business websites need to answer different questions from shop or trade websites, and we plan them accordingly.
Yes. Where your agency is based doesn’t affect your rankings. What matters is your own website, your Google Business Profile and your reputation in Runcorn.
Every site is different, so every quote is too. After a chat you’ll get a written quote, so you know the cost before anything starts.
Start a project
Fancy a brew and a natter?
Tell us about your business and what you need. One of the team will reply within one working day, and there’s no obligation.
YouHiya, we need a new website. Can you help?
Within one working day
Think MadAlright? Course we can. Fancy a brew and a natter this week?